17 residents Makassar Suspect Bird Flu

13/11/2008 15:51

Makassar - As Many As 17 residents Makassar were forced to be run off with to the Regional Wahidin Sudirohusodo hospital after experiencing the fever, the cough, breathless was accompanied was sick in the chest part. Expected by them suspect bird flu. To 17 casualties that 13 among them still children were three months till 12 years old, abide in Street Lorong Kuburan RW 2 RT 5 Sudiang districts, the Biringkanaya subdistrict.

According to the Head of the Medik Field at the same time public relations of Tim Khusus Flu Burung RS Dr Wahidin Sudirohusodo Kurnia Bintang, on Thursday (13/11), since yesterday on Wednesday (12/11) totalling seven patients, who consisted of 5 children, direct after being taken the sample of blood and the photograph toraks the chest part of casualties, at once was placed in isolation space. The step in the medic and rapid test influenza has been carried out.

The "sample" of "temporary blood was still being checked in the medical Unhas laboratory." From results rapid, found six people among them experiencing A kind influenza that headed to resulting from H5N1, said the gift.

In the meantime today, on Thursday (13/11) same hospital intensive care units also received psient that also was stated suspeck bird flu totalling 10 people. All of it also it was identified suffered the complaint that was the same as the seven patients beforehand, that evidently still neighbouring. The head of the Installation treated the Emergency but also the team's member of the handling of the RS Wahidin Sudirohusodo bird flu illness, Wasis Udaya when being met after gave treated to 10 patients, said to 10 patients suffered the same sign, namely flu, the fever, the cough and breathless. He said took the appropriate action protap.

"Generally the condition" for the "patient was still stable, namin we will continue to monitor his development." For results whether the negative infected H5N1, still was waiting for results of the laboratory in Jakarta, around one week, he explained. In order to anticipate the patient who could not be predicted, his side provided all the requirements for the implementation of medical treatment and the maintenance of casualties suspect and positive bird flu. Like, the medicine and isolation space. To tending to 17 patients, will be handled by at least 20 teams of the specialist in this hospital. This hospital also was the only hospital in South Sulawesi that was indicated to handle the affected patient bird flu.

Wasis also made a plea to the residents to anticipate following casualties so that immediately reported to the health service that co-operated officially Makassar livestock breeding.

In the meantime, Jefri (30) the father from one of the patients suspek bird flu, Fauzi that still was three months old said since the last two weeks indeed in his house environment of dozens of chickens belonging to his neighbour died suddenly. And according to the official from the Makassar livestock breeding service, indeed his neighbouring chickens there are those that was found was affected by the virus H5N1. "After many chickens that died, in the last two weeks were at once done by the extermination around one hundred the tail" of the "nonpedigreed chicken by the health service." After that, my child and six other neighbours suffered the cough, the fever and breathless, he explained. Jefri claimed surprised, because himself did not maintain the chicken, and never contact with the poultry kind that almost became kept each house around it. Moreover, his child fauzi that just was three months old.