Pune, Dec 15: Three more people died of H1N1 in the city on Monday taking the toll to 131 in Pune district. The fresh spurt has led to concern among officials at the district swine flu coordination committee, which is trying to figure out whether the second wave of the flu has surfaced. They have not been able to come to a conclusion.
Health officials said that 48-year-old Anil Agarwal from Mangalwar Peth, 45-year-old Sulabai Lohakare from Ambegaon taluka and 50-year-old Razia Khan from Gandhinagar slum in Bopodi died of swine flu on Monday.
Agarwal had showed the symptoms on December 7 and was admitted to Ruby Hall Clinic on December 10. He had an underlying illness, myelodysplasia syndrome, and was on steroids. Lohakare, who died at YCM Hospital, Pimpri, had the symptoms since November 29 while Khan started showing them on December 11.
It is being widely felt that with winter setting in, there seems to be a revival of H1N1. Dr Arun Jamkar, Dean, B J Medical College and Sassoon Hospital, said a month ago there were no swine flu patients on ventilator. Now, over 10 patients are in ICUs of various hospitals.
–Agencies