Fifth swine flu death in the country

Pune, Aug 10 (PTI) A 35-year-old ayurvedic doctor died
here Monday becoming the fifth fatality of the deadly swine
flu in the country.

Babasahib Mane is the third person to lose his life due
to the H1N1 virus in Pune.

Mane, who was admitted to the Sassoon hospital here,
died Monday morning due to swine flu, a senior health official
told PTI here in the western state of Maharashtra.

Mane was ailing for sometime and there was blood in his
cough for the last couple of days, officials said.

Pune reported India's first swine flu death on August 3
with 14-year-old Reeda Sheikh succumbing to the disease. On
Saturday, 53-year-old Fahmida Panwala from Mumbai and Sanjay
Tukaram Kokre, a 42-year-old teacher from Pune had died of
swine flu. Sunday, A 43-year-old NRI died in Ahmedabad. PTI