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PUNE: A 35-year-old man was admitted to the Sassoon hospital on Thursday night after his blood samples tested positive for H1N1 virus. The man, who reportedly had a history of rheumatic heart disease, was shifted there from a private hospital in Hadapsar area and was put on ventilator, Dr R R Pardeshi, Civic Medical Officer, said. He is reportedly in critical condition but stable.
The patient was seen in civic Naidu Hospital where this throat swabs were taken for H1N1 testing and then taken back to Nobel Hospital in an ambulance. After his blood samples tested positive for swine flu at National Institute of Virology (NIV) yesterday, he was immediately taken to the isolation ward of Sassoon General Hospital, Pardeshi said.
Dr Pardeshi said the patient had no information on “contributory history” of infection, meaning there was no known positive contact responsible for transmission.
In another case, a doctor attached to a private hospital here was admitted to the Sassoon general hospital here this morning after he tested positive for swine flu, hospital officials said on Friday.
The doctor who worked with Inlaks hospital in camp area had been kept in ICU in a quarantined ward, according to the civic medical officer.
India recorded its first fatality on Monday, when 14-year-old Rida Shaikh succumbed to swine flu in Pune. The family has blamed two private hospitals in the city for her death due to gross negligence and has filed criminals complaints against doctors of the two hospitals.