35-year-old dies of swine flu

Deep Kumar Anand,her brother-in-law said: “She had no other complications but had fever on November 26. The doctors at Awadh Hospital suggested that she undergoes the swine flu test. We went for the test at RML Malhotra pathology on December 1 and she tested positive on December 3.” “Before this,we had taken her to SGPGI on December 2 but was refused admission because of lack of ventilators,” he said.

“When the reports came,FI Hospital near Burlington crossing refused to keep her due to lack of seclusion ward. The chief medical officer was informed about it and he sent a rapid response team for sample collection at FI Hospital. But the reports have yet not come and the administration refuses to accept the reports from RML Malhotra laboratory,” said Anand.

“There are only eight ventilators in Critical Care unit of Medicine department of SGPGI. They are not dedicated for swine flu patients alone and at the time the patient came,the ventilators were probably not available,” said A K Bhatt,CMS of SGPGI.