H1N1 influenza death toll 5 as another patient dies at SKIMS

A 40-year-old woman has died of H1N1 influenza at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences here, making her the fifth victim of the deadly infection this season, even as five more patients are presently being treated at the tertiary-care hospital. The woman, admitted to SKIMS with respiratory distress, was suffering from H1N1 influenza, a doctor said, quoting the patient’s investigation reports. He said that the woman, a resident of Budgam and an employee with the technical education department suffered acute respiratory distress syndrome and sepsis. “She had been put on antiviral…

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