Mohali, Nov 26: A 45-year-old woman died of swine flu at GMCH-32 on Wednesday. Prem Lata, a resident of Sector 68, Mohali, was admitted in the hospital on Tuesday. She died around 1 am on Wednesday.
Punjab swine flu nodal officer Dr Deepak Bhatia said initially the victim was admitted in the Indus Hospital in Mohali.
Immediately after her samples tested positive on Tuesday, she was shifted to GMCH-32.
Family, relatives, friends, doctors and others, who came in contact with the victim, have been quarantined.
With the death, seven persons have died of H1N1 in the tricity so far — this was the second death in Mohali, and the third in Punjab.
Doctors, meanwhile, said other complications in a patient suffering from swine flu aggravate the infection. “We have observed that complications like diabetes and renal ailments make the case complicated,” a doctor at GMCH-32 said.
A nine-year-old student, who lives in Phase 3-A, Mohali, and a student of Vivek High School in Sector 38, Chandigarh, meanwhile, tested positive for swine flu on Wednesday.
Despite rising cases, Admn says no to daily updates
Chandigarh: Despite the increasing number of swine flu cases, the UT Administration has taken a decision not to share daily updates on fresh cases.
In a meeting chaired by Health Secretary Ram Niwas, it was decided to share weekly updates. Also, officials have been directed to conduct raids at coaching centres to see if these were following the Health department’s guidelines.
Residents call it a “knee-jerk reaction”. “It is wrong on part of the Administration to not share information on daily basis. As a parent, I want to know about the infection’s trend and which school or coaching centre is affected,” resident Rajiv Monga said. “To hold back information when the infection is spreading is not the solution.”
T P Singh, a Sector-8 resident, said, “Just because the authorities have failed to curtail the infection, they don’t want to share updates on fresh cases. They should share more information with the public rather than blocking it. Accurate information will definitely reduce panic.”
–Agencies