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Written By: Agencies | Published : February 19, 2015 6:04 PM IST
Varanasi, Feb 19: An air ambulance made an emergency landing at Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport here after the condition of an Australian national, suspected to be infected with swine flu, deteriorated, airport authorities said. (Read: UP CM Akhilesh Yadav has directed to provide free and prompt treatment to patients)
Antoinette Joy had hired an air ambulance from Mayurpur Airport in Sonbhadra district to airlift his ailing wife Malcolm Single, who showed symptoms of H1NI influenza, to Delhi on Tuesday night. The plane had to make an emergency landing after the condition of the patient worsened, an airport official said. (Read: 10 facts about swine flu you should know)
She is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in the city. The doctors have sent the patient's blood sample to Lucknow for tests, an official from the hospital said. The couple is employed with a multi-national company in Sonbhadra district. (Read: Swine flu claims 83 lives in Maharashtra, 40 out of 205 on ventilator)
Source: PTI
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