17 Residents in Makassar Suspect Bird Flu

17 Residents in Makassar Suspect Bird Flu

Makassar - Some 17 residents of Makassar dilarikan forced to hospitals Regional Wahidin Sudirohusodo after experiencing a fever, cough, shortness of breath accompanied by pain in the chest.
They suspected bird flu suspect.
To 17 victims are still among the 13 children aged three months up to 12 years, living on Jl Lorong Tombs RW 2 RT 5 villages Sudiang, Biringkanaya district.
According to the Head of Medical Affairs at once Relation Team Special Bird Flu Hospital Dr. Wahidin Sudirohusodo Kurnia Stars, Thursday (13/11), since yesterday Wednesday (12/11) of seven patients, which consists of 5 children, immediately after the blood sample is taken and photo toraks victims of the chest, directly placed in isolation rooms.
Step Medicine and rapid influenza tests have been conducted.
"Samples of blood while still checked Unhas in laboratory medicine. From gary results, found six people including an influenza type A that leads to the result of H5N1," said Kurnia.
Meanwhile, today, Thursday (13/11) Unit emergency hospitals also receive the same psien also stated that suspeck bird flu as many as 10 people.
These are also identified as suffering the same complaint with the previous seven patients, which is the neighbors.
Head Installation Emergency treatment and also members of the team handling the bird flu disease hospital Wahidin Sudirohusodo, Wasis Udaya when found after giving treat 10 patients in this, say to 10 patients suffering from the symptoms of the same, namely, flu, fever, cough and shortness of breath. He said he was taking the action has been protap appropriate.
"In general the condition of the patients are stable, namin we will continue to monitor developments. To have negative results if the H5N1, is still awaiting the results of the laboratory in Jakarta, about one week," he said.
In order to anticipate the patient can not be predicted, the government has to provide all needs treatment and care of victims suspect and the positive of bird flu.
Such as, drugs and isolation rooms. To perwatan to 17 patients will be handled at least 20 medical teams of experts in this hospital.
The hospital is also the only hospital in South Sulawesi, who was appointed to handle the patients affected by bird flu.
Wasis also called on residents to anticipate the next victim to immediately report to the health office, in cooperation with the animal husbandry office in Makassar. Meanwhile, Jefri (30), the father of one suspect bird flu patients, Fauzi, who is still three months since said two weeks ago that the environment for tens of chicken house owned by neighbors died suddenly.
And according to officials from the animal husbandry office in Makassar, the chickens are neighbors who were found infected by the H5N1 virus.
"After many chickens that died, two weeks ago it carried out the destruction around seratusan chicken by the health office. After that, my children and six other neighbors suffered cough, fever and shortness of breath," he explained.
Jefri admitted to wonder, for himself does not raise chickens, and never the type of contact with poultry that almost every house pets to be around.
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