Delhi: Lok Sabha secretariat employee dies of suspected swine flu

Dr Nutan Mehta, emergency in-charge at RML Hospital, said: “The patient came to the hospital early morning with cold and breathlessness and was advised to visit the out-patient department (OPD) for further treatment. As per our records, the family then took him to BLK hospital and returned again in the evening. But by the time our doctors checked on him, he was already dead.”

The Centre-run hospital has reported 13 swine flu cases and two deaths since January 2018.

According to a report compiled by the National Centre for Disease Control, Delhi has reported 136 cases till December 9.

Safdarjung Hospital has reported nine swine flu cases in the last six months. “Four patients survived. They were from outside Delhi,” said Dr S Charkrabati, head of respiratory medicine department, Safdarjung Hospital.

Experts added that the number of such cases will rise in the coming days due to the dip in temperature. “We are witnessing a rise in the number of patients with viral fever, body ache, vomiting and cough,” said Dr SP Byotra, senior consultant, department of internal medicine, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.