Swine flu claims 1 more life, death toll reaches 6

Kolkata | Thursday | 21st February, 2019

Summary:

KOLKATA: A 62-year-old woman from Kestopur, who tested positive for H1N1, died on Wednesday morning, taking the swine flu death toll this year to six in the city. Officials of the health department, however, maintained that there has been only one swine flu death this year.Madhumita Das was being treated for swine flu at state-run ID Hospital in Beliaghata over the past three days. Along with swine flu, she was suffering from kidney ailments," said son Dipan Das.The senior citizen from Kestopur was suffering from renal failure, for which she was on regular dialysis. According to ID Hospital sources, the patient died due to multi-organ failure. Das was shifted to Beliaghata ID Hospital on Monday morning..