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Mumbai: The deadly swine flu seems not to be loosening the grip by victimizing a 50-year-old Mulund resident, taking the death toll to 11. Kamal Ramchandran, a resident of Shanti Nagar, died at the Nair hospital on Wednesday evening.

She was first admitted on August 27 at Chetana Hospital in Mulund, where she had already developed multiple organ failure.

“Before coming to us, she took treatment from Mulund’s Hira Mongi Hospital for high fever and breathlessness for a day. She had developed ARDS and most of her organs had been affected by then.

Without wasting any time, we put her on ventilator. We suspected swine flu and started a dose of Tamiflu the next day,” said Dr Durandar Katke, who was treating her.

Dr Jairaj Thanekar, civic executive health officer said, “Since she was a chronic patient of hypertension, she was badly affected. Patients with hypertension are most vulnerable to swine flu,”.

He added, “She had, however, completed the five day course of Tamiflu. We will now carry out contact tracing and dispense a dose of Tamiflu to them,” he added. The following day, her throat samples were sent for inspection. On Monday, her results came and confirmed that she had swine flu.

“As soon as the reports came in, we referred her to the ICU of Nair Hospital,” Dr Katke added.

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