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7th H1N1 death in India; Pune man dies

NDTV Correspondent, Monday August 10, 2009, Pune A 35-year-old man in Pune died of swine flu on Monday, raising the H1N1 toll in the country to seven. Sanjay Tilekar, a chemist, was admitted with heart problem and fever on August 6. He also suffered from respiratory tract infection. In all there have been seven deaths so far - four in Pune and one each in Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Chennai. In the sixth case of swine flu death, a four-year-old child died in Chennai. The child was in hospital since last week. He was admitted to the hospital with diarrhoea, which in two days became multi organ failure. The brother of the boy has also tested positive for swine flu. Prior to that, an Ayurvedic doctor died in Pune due to the H1N1 virus. He also suffered from respiratory problem. The first victim of the H1 N1 virus was 14-year-old Reeda Sheikh from Pune. Reeda's family claims that it was a clear case of misdiagnosis. The young girl was not only treated too late but treated for the wrong illness. India's second swine flu victim was 53-year-old Fahmida Panwala from Mumbai. Fahmida came to the Kasturba hospital in Mumbai with a highly complicated case of diabetes and hypertension and died of acute respiratory distress.

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