Hyderabad, August 05: The dreaded “swine flu”, a viral disease, is on the rampage in the State once again.
According to latest reports, 17 nursing students, suffering from swine flu symptoms, were being treated in the Gandhi Hospital in Secunderabad. The condition of three students is stated to be causing anxiety.
However, their blood samples have been sent to the Chest Hospital at Erragadda for medical analysis. The nursing students have complained that they were not being looked after well by the medical staff concerned in the hospital.
With the death of a swine flu patient Raghupathi of Jammikunta of Karimnagar district this morning in Gandhi Hospital, the toll of the disease has risen to 20, including seven pregnant women and two lactating mothers. (NSS)