Three more die of swine flu,toll rises to 31 in Nashik

Assaram Bhalsingh the three patients – Ganga Nivrutti Adaksul (35),Akash Ashrusha Kapse (33) and Heena Shaikh (14) of Nashik were died of swine flu. Their pathology reports from Pune’s National Institute of Virology (NIV) have declared them as H1N1 positive,he added.

Before shifting to Nashik Civil Hospital,the trio were taking treatment in a private hospital for cold,fever and cough,Dr Bhalsingh said.

A suspected swine flu patient Magduma Shaikh,also a resident of Nashik,died yesterday night in the civil hospital,Dr Bhalsingh said. Irate relatives of Magduma Shaikh ransacked the civil hospital’s furniture after Magduma’s death,Dr Bhalsingh said.

“She was earlier treated in a private hospital and admitted to civil on Monday night in a serious condition,” Dr Bhalsingh said adding that her reports from Pune’s NIV are yet to received.

The health department has succeeded in controlling swine flu in rural areas of the district,he said. Hundreds of swine flu patients have been discharged from the civil hospital,he added.