H1N1 patient dies of renal failure

COIMBATORE: A fifty-two-year-old man affected by H1N1 virus died in the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH), on Tuesday morning.
The deceased Mayilsamy, a resident of Mudalipalayam in Tirupur district was admitted at the hospital on Saturday after the case was referred from the G Kuppusamy Naidu Memorial hospital in the city. According to P Sivaprakasam, resident medical officer, CMCH, Mayilsamy was admitted at the hospital on November 25.He underwent treatment at GKNM for two days before being referred to the CMCH, he said.
"When the patient was admitted at the hospital he was in critical condition and suffering from acute respiratory problems and his blood pressure was high. He was also suffering from severe renal failure, and was highly diabetic," said the officer. Before he was admitted at the GKNM hospital, he was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Perundurai.
He said that the patient had undergone treatment for H1N1 at the GKNM and further tests at the CMCH confirmed the disease. He was put on medication and was recovering well. However, on Tuesday morning he suddenly died due to renal failure, Sivaprakasam added.
He denied that death was caused due to H1N1 virus. But when quizzed about why he was referred from GKNM to CMCH, he maintained silence. Raghupathy, Deputy Director, Public Health service, Tirupur district, said that the patient was an alcoholic and was suffering from various health issues including renal failure. "We will have to wait for the autopsy report to confirm cause of death," he said.