Swine flu-hit Mumbai youth critical

MUMBAI: The condition of a 28-year-old swine flu patient admitted to a hospital here in Mumbai remains critical, hospital authorities said on Sunday.
"Sandeep Gaikwad, a resident of Chandivili is still critical and put on ventilator but is stable. He is being treated as per doctors' advise from Kasturba Hospital," manager of H L Hiranandi Hospital Manish Joshi.
Three persons have succumbed to swine flu -- two in Maharashtra and one in Gujarat -- since Saturday. 53-year-old Fehmida Panwala died at Kasturba Hospital (the main Civic referral hospital) after being shifted from Lilavati Hospital, health officials said.
Pravin Patel (43) died of swine flu in Ahmedabad on saturday, while Sanjay Tukaram Kokre(42), a teacher from Kedgaon near Pune also succumbed to the virus on Saturday evening, the officials said.
Patel's wife is also admitted in the hospital and getting screened for the flu in Gujarat, they said.
Meanwhile, 14 positive H1N1 cases are undergoing treatment in Kasturba Hospital and 45 suspected cases are admitted till Sunday morning, the Civic Disaster Management Cell said.
Earlier, 14-year-old school Reeda Shaikh died in Pune due to H1N1 making her the first victim of the virus in the country on August 3.