Swine flu kills 49-year-old in posh Salt Lake sector

Kolkata | Friday | 16th November, 2018

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KOLKATA: A 49-year-old resident of the upscale FE Block in Salt Lake on Thursday succumbed to swine flu at a private hospital. “It is mandatory for hospitals to inform us about swine flu, dengue and malaria cases. It was followed by septicemia which was again very severe,” said a doctor who treated the victim. After initial treatment, the latter told the family that she had swine flu and that Mousumi needs to be treated in isolation, a facility that they didn’t have.On October 23, she was admitted to AMRI Hospital in Salt Lake. She had high fever and consulted a local doctor who prescribed some medicines that made her feel better..