Woman dies of swine flu in Visakhapatnam

A 21-year-old  pregnant woman died of swine flu while  undergoing treatment at the Government Chest Hospital in Visakhapatnam on Monday morning.

Swine flu district coordinator Dr Devi said Mamata of Kunavaram village in Sithanagaram  mandal of East Godavari district, who was  seven-month pregnant, was admitted to a local  hospital with respiratory distress on October 17.

When her condition deteriorated, the doctors  referred the case to the Chest Hospital in  Visakhapatnam. She was brought here on October  20 midnight. Her nasal and throat swabs tested swine flu positive. The doctors said they were not able to save Mamata due to her low immunity levels.

On October 3, P Durga Rao (22) of Chinnaboddu  Venkatayapalem village in Tallarevu mandal died of swine flu at the Government General  Hospital (GGH) in Kakinada. P Veni, P Veeramma, P Tejaswini and Satyavati have been undergoing treatment for the same at the hospital for the last 15 days.

Some people in Dummulapeta and  Sambamurthinagar in the East Godavari district  headquarters town are also suffering from  symptoms of swine flu. The East Godavari district administration has arranged separate  beds in the GGH to treat the cases. It  has also initiated measures to curb the spread  of the disease.