Officials at the King Institute of Preventive Medicine, where the man’s test samples had been sent, confirmed that it was a case of H1N1.
A 53-year-old man from Chennai died of complications from swine flu at Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (GH) on Monday.
According to doctors, the man, P. Sreenivasan, a resident of Mannady, had first been admitted to a private hospital in the city. On Friday evening, (January 16), the man arrived at GH. “He was in very bad shape when he came in, with pneumonia. We administered Tamiflu and gave him all necessary treatment and support, but he died on Monday evening of respiratory failure around 5.30 pm,” said a senior doctor.
Officials at the King Institute of Preventive Medicine, where the man’s test samples had been sent, confirmed that it was a case of H1N1.
Authorities at Apollo Hospital, where the man had first been admitted on January 15, claimed that he had been given Tamiflu there as well, but he had discharged himself against medical advice the following day.
The man’s family has already been given prophylactic treatment, GH doctors said.
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