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Saturday, August 21, 2010

India : First confirmed H1N1 death in city

Via Times of India :

" LUDHIANA: H1N1 has made a comeback in the region as the first swine flue death has been reported in the city on late Thursday night. What has further caused concern among the authorities is that one more positive case has come to the notice of medical authorities in Ludhiana, taking the H1N1 count to four in the city.

Fifty-five-year-old Amarjeet Kaur was admitted in the Christian Medical College and Hospital with complaints of difficulty in breathing. Her sample was taken on August 16, while she was tested positive the very next day. Kaur had to be put on a ventilator on Thursday night, when she breathed her last.

With this, Punjab has recorded its second swine flu death in the recent while. The first case was reported from Amritsar. In 2009, 252 cases and 40 deaths were reported from the state."

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