The scourge of swine flu returns as three deaths were reported in the city. Two persons, 42-year-old, Srinivas from Shahpurnagar and 25-year-old Kavitha from Jeedimetla, who were undergoing treatment at Gandhi Hopsital, died on Tuesday. Dr K Narsimulu, nodal officer, Gandhi Hospital said: “Both patients were brought to Gandhi at an advanced stage.

In the case of Srinivas, he was brought late at night and he succumbed within six hours. Kavitha was recovering well but suddenly collapsed.” Two more patients, suspected with swine flu symptoms are undergoing treatment at Gandhi Hospital. In another incident, a person died at Aware Global hospital.  

A senior doctor at Gandhi Hospital said that no cases were reported between 2012 to August 2014. It was in the month of November that cases started pouring in. In 2014, 20 cases of swine flu have been recorded in Telangana, with most of the cases from Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy. A senior doctor at Gandhi hospital said that an alert has been sounded.  Doctors attribute the sudden spurt to three reasons; change in the environment with sudden chill and fog, viral factor and drugs.