Pune, August 10: Swine Flu claimed its fourth victim in the worst-hit Pune district this evening, with the death of a 35-year-old man at the Sasoon Hospital here.
“Sanjay Tilekar, who was admitted to the hospital on August 6, died due to Swine Flu,” hospital sources said.
Tilekar, a chemist, was earlier undergoing treatment at Noble Hospital in Hadpsar and then shifted to Sasoon Hospital in a critical condition and had been on ventilator since then, sources said.
The patient was suffering from acute respiratory infection, sources said.
On August 3, 14-year-old Reeda Sheikh died at the Jehangir Hospital, becoming Indian’s first Swine Flu victim.
A teacher, Sanjay Kokare, died due to Swine Flu on August 9 and Babasaheb Mane, an Ayurvedic doctor died due to H1N1 in Pune today.
—Agencies