Goa’s 80-year-old former CM down with swine flu

By: Editorial Team | | Published: March 25, 2015 10:15 am

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Swine flu has gripped our nation and with so many people succumbing to the ailment; it is mandatory to protect yourself from this dreaded disease. Goa’s health minister was positive and recently said that the virus will die due to rise in mercury, but we witness another swine flu case in Goa today. Goa’s first woman chief minister Shashikala Kakodkar is being treated for swine flu, Health Minister Francis D’Souza said on Tuesday.

Kakodkar, 80, who served as chief minister of Goa in 1977, had already been admitted due to an illness at a city hospital when she was detected positive for swine flu. “She was already admitted to hospital, when she was also diagnosed with swine flu,” said D’Souza, also a deputy chief minister. Three people have already died of swine flu over the last two-three days. Read: Swine flu in Goa: Students, teachers with cough and cold asked to go on a week s leave

Kakodkar is the daughter of Goa’s first chief minister Dayanand Bandodkar and headed the regional political outfit, the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP). Read: Swine flu in Goa: 12 tested positive for H1N1 virus Also Read - Swine flu in Goa: 12 tested positive for H1N1 virus

With inputs from IANS

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Published : March 25, 2015 10:15 am

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