A 35-year-old ayurvedic doctor died here today becoming the fifth fatality of the deadly swine flu in the country.
Babasahib Mane is the third person to lose his life due to the H1N1 virus in Pune.
Mane, who was admitted to the Sassoon hospital here, died this morning due to swine flu, a senior health official said.
Mane was ailing for sometime and there was blood in his cough for the last couple of days, officials said.
In Chennai four-year-old Sanjay Balakrishnan died of influenza A (H1N1) infection at a private hospital, becoming the sixth swine flu victim in the country.
Pune reported India's first swine flu death on August three with 14-year-old Reeda Sheikh succumbing to the disease. On Saturday, 53-year-old Fahmida Panwala from Mumbai and 42-year-old teacher Sanjay Tukaram Kokre from Pune had died of
swine flu. Yesterday, A 43-year-old NRI died in Ahmedabad.
