Posted on 06/24/2009 8:04:24 AM PDT by metmom
Within minutes, six-year-old Rubjit Thindal went from happily chatting in the back seat of the car to collapsing and dying in her father's arms.
"If we had known it was so serious, we would have called 911,'' Kuldip Thindal, Rubjit's distraught mother, said in Punjabi yesterday. "She just had a stomach ache -- she wasn't even crying.''
Rubjit was pronounced dead at hospital barely 24 hours after showing signs of a fever. Later, doctors told her parents she had the H1N1 influenza virus. She is believed to be the youngest person in Canada with the virus to have died.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.guelphmercury.com ...
TX
Houston Area’s H1N1 Death Toll Nears 30
Source: http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/heal...flu_death_toll
Houston Area’s H1N1 Death Toll Nears 30
Updated: Tuesday, 10 Nov 2009, 3:53 PM CST
Published : Tuesday, 10 Nov 2009, 3:53 PM CST
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MENA EL-SHARKAWI
Web Producer
HOUSTON - The Houston-area swine flu death toll is now 29, FOX 26 News has learned.
Harris County has reported two more deaths—a man between the ages of 25 and 49 and another between the ages of 50 and 64, according to Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services website.
The recent deaths have increased the county’s death toll to 13, according to the website.
But 16 others deaths have been reported from Houston and Harris, Fort Bend, Galveston, Brazoria and Montgomery counties.
Nationwide, there have been more than 1,000 H1N1 deaths.
http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/health/swine_flu/091110_swine_flu_death_toll
Thanks for the great links of info. Had to repeat the Canadian doctor from your other post. Off topic, but U.S. doctors will be talking like this if Obamacare goes through - regardless of Swine Flu:
“In many cases, patients have already waited a very long time for their surgeries”, Kitts said. “By the time these patients have WAITED SEVERAL MONTHS to get here, they’re often in a lot of pain and have developed other illnesses,” he said.
Florida has 149 DEATHS!!?? Just in Florida!? Man - I hope that is a typo. Maybe they goofed it is really 149 deaths for the U.S.
We had our first swine flu death in my area (Northeast PA) this week:
A family is mourning the loss of their loved one who died from H1N1, or swine, flu.
A man from the Berwick area is dead and the health department confirms it is first death in our area from swine flu. His family has a message for everyone; don’t take your good health for granted.
Jason Gensel was 24 years old, in the prime of his life. He had a wife and two children, ages one and three.
On this day his family is in mourning. Officials at Geisinger Medical Center said Monday Gensel died of the swine flu.
“We were a young couple. He was mine. We had two kids. He was 24, never expected it/ I thought he would get over it and he was going to be fine. I never thought this was going to happen to me,” said Tabatha Gensel. “It was from Halloween to the 4th. That’s when I had to call 911 and he had to go to the I.C.U. It happened that fast. I want to say if you feel you have a misdiagnosis or you feel you need a second opinion and if you are sick and feel really scared, it’s okay to be scared. Go to whoever to make you feel better.”
She and her parents still can’t believe her husband is gone. He died last week. Gensel said she has lots of pictures of her late husband to show their children when they grow up so they can try to understand what happened to their father.
“Knowing that he is in God’s hands helps a lot and knowing that I have to get his story out to make sure everyone is aware of this, cause I don’t want anybody to feel this way, even if I don’t know them. It hurts, it hurts so bad,” said Gensel.
“You always think of the flu gets the elderly or a young child or something. You would never think it would get a young man with two kids. I’m totally in shock,” said Jerry Marinus, Jason Gensel’s father-in-law.
Although medical technology couldn’t save Gensel’s life, his family knows the doctors tried their best to save him from swine flu.
“They had so much compassion and determination to keep him around for us. They did everything and I want that to be known that Geisinger Hospital was the best,” said mother-in-law Martha Iversen.
Gensel hopes some good can come from her husband’s death. Her message to others is take flu symptoms seriously. “Wash your hands. Take care of yourself. When you see swine flu signs don’t laugh. It’s serious and it’s devastating,” Gensel added. She said her husband thought he had the seasonal flu but he got so sick that he had to be rushed to the hospital.
“The swine flu is that scary. It just ripped someone right from me without no preparation, any warning,” Gensel said. She and her family believe her husband is with God because of what happened right after he died. “The clouds just split open and the beam was so bright, It just shown right over the room. Jason was so great and I never thought I’d make it to this day and I never thought I could live without him.”
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Last official numbers I saw - and even the CDC admits it’s a way undercount - were around 1600.
Thanks for posting that - how tragic, such a young man, leaving behind a widow and two little children.
Could you post a link for that?
It isn’t a typo :(
Alot of deaths are being under-reported .
And there not telling the family sometimes either :(
Did you read this yet ?
L.A. County’s Swine Flu Victims: Death Certificates Tell the Stories Of A Ravaging Virus
Nov 2009 - by Callie Schweitzer - publication of the Annenberg School of Journalism - excerpts
Tommy analyzed the death records and interviewed family members, public health officials and doctors to see what the dozens of h1n1 deaths suggest about the patterns of the illness and who remains most at risk.
In several cases, the families we spoke with said they did not know their relatives had died of swine flu until we told them !!!!!!!!!!!
-————————————————————————————— In these cases, county officials said the diagnoses had been made after doctors filled out the death certificates, and that it is not the county’s responsibility to notify family members. Nearly half of the death records do not list swine flu as a cause of death.
http://blogs.uscannenberg.org/neontommy/2009/11/Swine-flu-hits-la-county-victi.html
thanks , for posting the article.
I hope you are doing well :)
Alberta, Canada.
4 new deaths today.
More Alberta at-risk groups to get H1N1 shot; death toll rises by four to 29
By The CANADIAN PRESS
Last Updated: 10th November 2009, 4:44pm
http://www.edmontonsun.com/news/swineflu/2009/11/10/11702946.html
More Albertans in high-risk groups will be eligible this week to get vaccination shots for the swine flu.
Residents with underlying health conditions will be eligible as of Thursday if they are between the ages of 10 and 17 or 55 and 64.
On Friday, the clinics are open to those aged 45 to 54 with underlying conditions.
Pregnant women, caregivers of infants and at-risk children under 10 are already allowed to get the shots.
The province also announced that four more Albertans have died of complications from H1N1, bringing the death toll to 29.
Dr. Andre Corriveau, the chief medical health officer, announced the victims were two men and two women, all over 30, with underlying risk factors for severe disease; three were from the Edmonton area and one was from southern Alberta.
three new deaths in Clark County, Nevada... (The 6 year old boy was previously reported)
4 More From Clark County Die From H1N1
6-Year-Old Boy H1N1
POSTED: 3:30 pm PST November 10, 2009
UPDATED: 3:51 pm PST November 10, 2009
LAS VEGAS — Four more people in Clark County have died from the H1N1 influenza virus, including two boys.
The Southern Nevada Health District is reporting four additional deaths for the week ending Nov. 7.
Related Link:
Those who died were a 6-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy, both with underlying medical conditions, and a 54-year-old woman with underlying medical conditions, the Southern Nevada Health District said.
Watch FOX5 News at 10 and 11 to see the memorial for the family and friends of the 6-year-old-boy.
A 54-year-old man also died, but the health district said it was not known whether he had any underlying medical conditions.
The health district said there are patients currently hospitalized with the H1N1 flu virus.
As of Friday, the health district said it received 78,000 doses of the H1N1 vaccine, and as of Saturday, it administered more than 41,000 doses.
http://www.fox5vegas.com/news/21577723/detail.html
London Ontario
Mom can’t afford to bring dead daughter back home to England
FAMILY PLIGHT
By JOE BELANGER
Last Updated: 10th November 2009, 3:43am
An ailing mother in England is scrambling to find money to repatriate the body of her daughter who died at University Hospital in London last week.
And the relatives of Margie Hipkin, 38, who apparently died of a respiratory ailment, are worried the woman’s body will be cremated before they have enough money to bring her home — about $10,000 Cdn.
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But earlier this month she became ill with a cough and fever, eventually ending up in hospital, although the family still isn’t certain what caused her death.
a new death in Jackson County, Illinois...
County reports H1N1 death
Posted: Nov 10, 2009 6:05 PM EST
Updated: Nov 10, 2009 6:05 PM EST
H1N1 related death reported in Jackson County
JACKSON COUNTY, IL (KFVS) - Another H1N1 related death in the Heartland hits in Jackson County.
Jackson County Health Department Administrator Miriam Link-Mullison says an adult male has died due to complications related to H1N1.
She says he did have under lying health conditions, although no other details about the victim are being released.
Yesterday we told you about an H1N1 death in Williamson County.
There have also been deaths related to the H1N1 illness in Caldwell County, Kentucky and Poplar Bluff.
http://www.kfvs12.com/Global/story.asp?S=11480700
MI
http://blog.mlive.com/peterluke/2009/11/h1n1_flu_virus_in_michigan_to.html
H1N1 flu virus in Michigan to stick around till spring.
By Peter Luke
November 10, 2009, 9:40AM
The H1N1 flu virus that is sickening thousands daily, and since September has hospitalized more than 800 and killed 28, will probably be around until April Janet Olszewski, Michigan Department of Community Health Director, told lawmakers this morning.
“We’re likely to see waves and peaks and valleys,” she told a Senate subcommittee. “We expect this to stay around. We’ll be dealing with this throughout the influenza season.”
three new deaths in San Diego County, California (The death of the 29 year old woman was previously reported)....
County: Death Of Healthy Woman, 43, Linked To Swine Flu
POSTED: 4:39 pm PST November 10, 2009
UPDATED: 4:40 pm PST November 10,
SAN DIEGO — The deaths of four more people in San Diego County have been linked to the swine flu pandemic, health officials announced Tuesday.
The latest victims include a 58-year-old man and three women, ages 43, 29 and 27, according to the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency.
All but the 43-year-old woman had underlying medical conditions.
http://www.10news.com/news/21578446/detail.html
a new death in Dallas County....
Dallas County reports 19th H1N1 death
03:54 PM CST on Tuesday, November 10, 2009
WFAA-TV
DALLAS — Dallas County’s 19th death from swine flu was confirmed on Tuesday by Dallas County Health and Human Services.
According to a news release, the 18-year-old male Dallas County resident had no underlying medical conditions.
For medical confidentiality and personal privacy reasons, county health services will not provide additional identifying information.
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a new death in El Paso County, Colorado.....
Updated: 4:56 PM Nov 10, 2009
El Paso County Health Department Preparing For H1N1 Clinic
The El Paso County Health Department releases information regarding the death of an infant due to H1N1 as it prepares for a public clinic on Wednesday.
Posted: 4:44 PM Nov 10, 2009
Reporter: Marybeth Brush
Email Address: mbrush@kktv.
A Southern Colorado family is mourning the loss of their baby. He’s a victim of the the H1N1 virus.
The El Paso County Health Department is preparing for a community clinic Wednesday. But now leaders are dealing with news of the infant’s
death.
Kandi Buckland, the Director of the El Paso County Health Department says “This is very sad news and we want to express our deepest sympathy to the infant’s family.” The health department is not releasing any more details about the death other than the infant was a baby boy with underlying medical conditions.
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http://www.kktv.com/news/headlines/69706142.html
previously reported death (Boone Cty Kentucky) identified....
Father Speaks Out On Son’s H1N1 Death
Reported by: Shannon Kettler
Email: skettler@wcpo.com
Web Produced: Jessica Noll
Last Update: 8:45 pm
HEBRON, Ky. — A Northern Kentucky father wants to increase awareness after his son’s sudden death due to complications associated with the H1N1 swine flu.
Leslie Kovach of Hebron says he is still waiting for the official cause of death of his son 26-year-old Casey Kovach.
The Northern Kentucky Independent District Health Department says Casey did not have any underlying conditions prior to his death.
He was treated at the emergency room of St. Elizabeth Hospital in Florence on Sunday, Oct. 25.
His symptoms included fever, vomiting and diarrhea. After his release, Leslie says those symptoms continued.
Three days later, his father says he was going to take Casey back to the hospital.
When he came home from work, he found Casey dead inside their home.
“I talked to him several times about going back in the hospital. I guess what I want to get out there is anyone in that age group, college years up to your 30s: get in with the first sign of flu symptoms. This thing took him in one week. One week exactly,” said Leslie.
He hopes to hear from the medical examiner’s office within the next several weeks.
He says he doesn’t want to see anyone else endure what his son went through.
Health experts say patients should take notice of the warning signs that include trouble breathing, chest pains, fever, vomiting and inability to keep down liquids.
If the symptoms persist, patients should visit a doctor’s office or emergency room.
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