COIMBATORE/TIRUCHY: In a fifth case of swine flu death in the district this year, a 41-year-old business man from Dharapuram succumbed to H1N1 influenza at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital here on Wednesday.
According to sources, Mohandas from Kolinjivadi in Dharapuram, running a electrical shop, was admitted to a hospital there for fever last week. As he showed symptoms of H1N1 influenza, he was referred to a private hospital in Coimbatore.
On February 26, it was confirmed that he had contracted H1N1 virus and was shifted to CMCH for further treatment.
While undergoing treatment at the swine flu ward in CMCH, his condition was said to be stable. On Wednesday morning, he passed away after a sudden cardiac arrest. This is the fifth case of H1N1 death in the district this year.
In Tiruchy, a 40-year-old woman was tested positive for H1N1. Health officials said the woman went to Gujarat and could have been infected there.
The case shot the number up to 10 in the district. The woman, from Cantonment, was diagnosed with H1N1 influenza on Wednesday. “She returned a few days back and was crippled with fever. Doctors took a blood sample which confirmed swine flu,” said an official.
The woman was first admitted to a private hospital and later shifted to another corporate hospital, where the infection was confirmed. “We have given Tamiflu to the family members and the hospital staff where the patient is under treatment,” said another health official.
Tiruchy district has so far recorded 10 H1N1 cases, of which city alone accounted for nine, sources said.