Woman dies of suspected swine flu at Bhimavaram

​Eluru: A 34-year-old woman died with suspected swine flu symptoms at a Bhimavaram private hospital on Friday. According to sources, Patnala Gita (34) of Chinnapeta area in Bhimavaram was residing with her husband and two children.

She had fever 10 days back and her husband took her to a private hospital in Bhimavaram. However, as the fever did not come under control, hence the husband took her to Vijayawada and admitted her in a private hospital. As the fever still did not subside, the doctors performed clinical tests.

They suspected it as swine flu as the symptoms seemed related to that disease. With this, the family members took her to Guntur Private Hospital. D

octors at the hospital told the family members to take her to their place as the patient was nearing the collapsing stage.

The family members took her to a private hospital in Bhimavaram. The hospital staff and doctors after examination, declared her as brought dead.

The relatives’ family members did not show any clinical reports to the hospital doctors and took the body from the hospital.

When media persons tried to gather the details of the patient, the relatives did not reveal information and requested the media not to disturb them.

Dr Padmaja Geetha, doctor of a private hospital in Bhimavaram said “the relatives of the woman brought her to our hospital. However, already she was dead and we told the relatives that she was brought dead.

The relatives did not show us any relevant clinical test papers to confirm whether it is swine flu or not. We are helpless if the relatives did not tell anything”.