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Three more A(H1N1) deaths in State

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Rush: People continue to troop in for tests at K.C. General Hospital in Bangalore on Monday.

Bangalore: Even as the State Government braces itself to combat the spread of A(H1N1) virus, three more deaths were reported in Bangalore on Sunday night.

While Sarojamma (50), a resident of Manjunathnagar, died in Tirumala Hospital in Kamakshipalya, Siddaraju (26) and Shivu (22) died in Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases (RGICD). This takes the toll of A(H1N1) deaths in the city to 15.

Although the State health officials are yet to confirm the deaths, authorities at both the hospitals said the patients had died following complications of A(H1N1).

RGICD Director Shashidhar Buggi said Siddaraju, a resident of Cholanayakanahalli of Tavarakere hobli, had come to the hospital on August 21 in a critical condition. “We learnt that he had first gone to Victoria Hospital and then to a private nursing home. We sent his swabs for tests on the same day. We also started Tamiflu simultaneously. But his condition deteriorated and he died on Sunday. His test reports confirm that he had A(H1N1),” Dr. Buggi said. Shivu, a resident of Kadagahalli of Kolar district, was referred to RGICD from Jalappa Hospital on August 21. “His condition was critical when he came to us and we immediately put him on the ventilator. His swabs were sent for tests the next day and we started him on Tamiflu on the same day. But his condition deteriorated and he died early on Sunday morning. We got the reports on Monday confirming that he had the disease,” Dr. Buggi said. G. Srinivas from Tirumala Hospital said Sarojamma was also admitted in a critical condition after being taken to Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology and another hospital. “Her test reports received on August 21 confirmed the A(H1N1) virus.

Although we had started her on Tamiflu on August 20 itself, her condition deteriorated as she had diabetes and coronary heart disease,” he said. Meanwhile, nine more persons tested positive in the State on Monday, including one in Shimoga.

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