a 71-year-old woman with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hypertension, ischaemic heart disease and diabetes mellitus type 2, showed symptoms of the flu and was hospitalised on 12 august. however, on 14 august, she died due to ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy precipitated by pneumonia. on 20 august, one new death was confirmed. the victim was a 34-year-old woman who was in the 34th week of pregnancy. the patient was treated and admitted into a private hospital in johor baru on 8 aug after developing fever and cough for a day. she was subsequently, referred and admitted to the intensive care unit of the sultanah aminah hospital in johor baru for breathing difficulties five days later. tamiflu was administered. however, she died on next day due to severe pneumonia and respiratory failure. another death was confirmed on 24 august, increasing the death toll to 69. the patient, a 38-year-old teacher, who was also obese, tested positive for h1n1 by a private clinic. tamiflu was not administered but only gave her symptomatic treatment. five days later, on 18 august, she was admitted to the hospital after having breathing difficulties and cyanosis. she was referred to kl hospital and tamiflu was administered. however, the woman died on 19 august due to pneumonia with avds. one more death was confirmed on 25 august by the mortality review committee. a 3-year-old boy who had febrile convulsion and cough was hospitalised on 12 august. the boy was then transferred to icu after his condition deteriorate and tamiflu was administered. he tested positive for the flu on 17 august. however, he died on the next day due to h1n1 encephalitis with cerebral oedema and multiorgan failure. the death of a 24-year-old woman brought the number of cases in malaysia to 71. the patient, having fever, cough and headache was admitted to a private hospital in kuantan on 10 august and received viral pneumonitis treatment. she was then referred to a government hospital and placed in icu after her condition worsened. her condition continued to deteriorate despite the administration of tamiflu. on 19 august, she was confirmed dead due to h1n1 secondary to ards. one more death was confirmed on 30 august. a 49-year-old patient with heart problems was brought to melaka hospital after having fever, cough and vomiting which persisted for 2 days. he was given antiviral drugs and antibiotics and he was also tested for tuberculosis, typhoid, dengue, leptospirosis and h1n1 but all of the tests came back negative. the patient's condition deteriorate and was confirmed dead on 19 august due to severe pneumonia with septic shock and h1n1. the post-mortem biopsy report based on lung samples tested positive for influenza a(h1n1) on 24 aug. september on 3 september 2009 the death of a 25-year-old woman was confirmed bringing the total number of deaths related to a(h1n1) to 73. the woman received outpatient treatment after developing flu symptoms. she was then subsequently brought to sibu hospital and administered antiviral drugs. however, she died on 1 september due to severe pneumonia with h1n1 infection. it was announced that on 11 september, the death of the 19-year-old man brought the total number of death cases to 74. the patient was brought to gerik hospital after flu symptoms persisted for 4 days. on 20 august, he was transferred to ipoh hospital where he was administered tamiflu. despite given antiviral drugs, he died on 23 august due to acute pulmonary oedema with underlying influenza a(h1n1) infection. another two death cases were confirmed on 15 september, bringing the total number of cases to 76 in total. the first death, a 45-year-old woman who had hypertension was referred to tambunan hospital on 17 august after flu symptoms persisted. she was then sent to keningau hospital and antiviral was administered. after 10 days in icu, she died due to severe bronchopneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome. the second death registered was a 19-year-old teenage girl. she was sent to kuala lumpur hospital and antiviral was administered. despite given antiviral drugs, she died on 31 august due to severe pneumonia with h1n1 infection. terminology the flu virus is officially designated by the who as "influenza a (h1n1)", following a name change from "swine flu" to avoid suggestions that eating pork products carried a risk of infection, and is referred as such by malaysia's health minister. however, information communication and culture minister rais yatim suggested on 25 june that the local media use "swine flu" (malay: selsema babi) instead, justifying that the dangers of the flu would be better understood by the public, and that the flu would be easily described in malay, a language which is officially used in news programmers of government-owned television and radio channels.