Woman diagnosed with swine flu dies in hospital

Woman diagnosed with swine flu dies in hospital (EDS: Recasts 2nd para) Hyderabad, Jan 29 (PTI): A 43-year-old woman diagnosed with swine flu died in a state-run hospital here, health officials said Tuesday. The woman, hailing from Mahabubabad district, was shifted to the Gandhi Hospital here Monday night after being treated at a private hospital, they said.

She died within 20 minutes of admission, the officials said adding it was the first death due to swine flu at the hospital this year. Six other people, including four women students of the city-based NALSAR University of Law, tested positive for the flu and were under treatment at the Gandhi Hospital which has a special ward for treating the flu, a health official said.

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