Krishnagiri: A school girl died of a mysterious fever and another woman has been admitted to a private hospital in Bengaluru died of suspected swine flu while Krishnagiri health officials claim there are no such cases reported in this district.
On Tuesday night, 16-year-old school student, V. Saranya, died of a mysterious fever, as she was being shifted to the Pennagaram government hospital.
Saranya of Sithadapuram village near Anchetti of Denkannikottai taluk in Krishnagiri, was sick for over five days. Her relatives took her to the government health facility in Anchetti. With no sign of recovery, doctors referred her to the Denkannikottai government hospital, but her relatives shifted the girl to the Pennagaram GH in Dharmapuri district. The girl died before getting admitted in the Pennagaram GH.
This is the second death due to a mysterious fever reported in Sithandapuram village. Earlier, four-year-old C.Valarmathi, died after not responding to treatment for fever. She was first taken to the Anchetti government health facility and then to other government hospitals in Krishnagiri district, but finally died at Dharmapuri.
A suspected swine flu case was reported in Athimugam village in Shoolagiri taluk of Krishnagiri. The victim was identified as 50-year-old M. Mubeen Taj.
“The blood sample when tested by a private hospital showed my mother to be having swine flu. She was admitted there and then shifted to another hospital in Bengaluru, because there was no improvement in her condition in the Hosur hospital,” her son, 27-year-old Syed Moula of Athimugam, told Deccan Chronicle.
He added, “The Bengaluru hospital has taken a blood sample for re-examination. Its result will show whether my mother is a victim of H1N1 as suspected by the Hosur private hospital or not.”
“As of today, no case of dengue or swine flu has been reported in Krishnagiri district,” K.C. Cheran, joint director for institute of vector control and zoonoses, Hosur, told DC.
