Indias first swine flu death .. Victim: A 14 Year girl.

Indias first swine flu death   
14-Year-Old Girl From Pune Dies In Tough Battle 
Kounteya Sinha | TNN | Times of India Bangalore, August 4, 2009

New Delhi: India on Monday reported its first death due to H1N1 flu infection, with a 14-year-old-girl from Pune succumbing to the deadly influenza virus. The girl, a student of class IX from St Annes High School, showed symptoms of H1N1 infection sore throat, running nose and headache on July 21. 
 
But a crucial delay in being tested for H1N1 infection and being administered Tamiflu, because she was admitted in a private hospital instead of the stipulated government isolation ward meant for both suspected and confirmed H1N1 patients, may have been the cause of her death. 
Whats bothering the Union health ministry is that the girl had attended school till July 23, raising serious fears that the virus may have jumped to other students and teachers in the school besides everybody she came in contact with from July 20-23 . Shockingly, Lymette Wilson , the schools physical education teacher, said the state health department had not even informed the school that a student was found to be infected with H1N1. This is why the school hasnt started looking for similar H1N1 symptoms in other students till now. The Maharashtra health department is upset with the National Institute of Virology for not informing them that a positive sample was sent to them. 
M S Devnikar, head of Punes Joint Coordination Committee for Containment of H1NI, told TOI: We were not aware that a patient with symptoms of swine flu was admitted to a private hospital.