17 Warga Sudiang Suspect Flu Burung

A pre-schooler was checked by the nurse before being put into isolation space into RS Wahidin Sudirohusodo, Makassar, yesterday.

Friday, 14 November 2008

Totalling 17 patients from Street Pattene, the Village of Tangkejangang RT 5/2, the Sudiang District, the Biringkanaya Subdistrict was expected terjangkit the virus avian influenza (AI) or suspect bird flu. MAKASSAR (SINDO) – totalling 17 patients suspect bird flu was isolated in RS Wahidin Sudirohusodo,kemarin. These patients came from the Village of Tangkejangang,Kel Sudiang,Kec Biringkanaya. They who were expected terjangkit the virus avian influenza (AI) this underwent pengisolasian in two rooms namely the Pakis Building and Gawat Darurat Installation space (IRD) RS property of the government. As many as 10 from 17 patients who were treated in RS Wahidin, were pre-schoolers, respectively Nurul Awaliah; 3 years 6 months; Nurfadilah, 4 months; Salman, 4 years; Fauzi, 3 years.

All of them were treated intensive in the special room of the ferns building. Whereas five other was the Ilham 2 years; Alif,3 months; Desi, 5 years, Eki Desriani, 5 months, Rahmawati,2 years was isolated in IRD RS Wahidin space.

Apart from to 10 pre-schoolers, RS Wahidin also isolated and observed the condition for seven patients child and adult. All seven him that is Irwan,6; Saleha 12, Ny Johani,60, Firdaus,6, Nartati,26, Nuraeni,31, Hasnawati,34, along with Annisa,6. All this patient was reconciled by the Sudiang Community Health Centre to RS Wahidin since last Wednesday (12/11) after experiencing the high fever around 39.5 Celsius levels. Moreover, they also experienced breathless and the cough continually. ”Dugaan this bird flu to strengthen with respect towards 17 pasients here after hundreds of poultries in and around his environment died suddenly since a week of last,” expressed Kepala IRD RS Wahidin that also the team's member of the handling of bird flu Dr Wasis Udaya yesterday. Moreover, said Wasis, from results of the research that was carried out by the Kesehatan Service of the Makassar City of finding several poultries that died positive terjangkit the virus H5N1 that spread.
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Moreover, the increase, in and around the community's environment was received the poultry that died suddenly. Information that was received by SINDO, it was known if since last Saturday (9/11) was gotten by 27 chickens that died suddenly

At the time of that simultaneously, the chicken that was gotten in the Salman house also suddenly died. ”Pada on November 10 (on Sunday) a patient named Salman began the cough and the fever were still being run off with to RS Wahidin. In the afternoon him, an amount tetanga him also experienced the sign of the same illness so as on that day also as many as seven patients were reconciled here (RS Wahidin) ,” more RS Wahidin public relations Dr the gift yesterday. The gift claimed, the sample of temporary blood was still being checked in the medical Unhas laboratory. From results rapid, found six patients who experienced A kind influenza that and headed terjangkit H5N1. Only, he still merahasian [merahasiakan = conceal] the identity from the six patients who were expected infected this. Jufri, 30, Sir from Fausi, 3 months, said, the eldest child from two related this experienced the fever was accompanied breathless since last Tuesday night (11/11). He was personally surprised his article his child had not carried out direct contact with the poultry that was around his residence. ”Pada late last week my kept chicken will also die totalling seven tails, but I at once destroyed him by means of being burnt. Because of being frightened of the bird flu illness, finally we carried him to RS,”tutur him when being met in front of the ferns Building.

The husband from Fitriah this said, since last week hundreds of tails of the chicken in his territory suddenly meninggal. On at that time also, several officials of the community health centre and the Service of Kesehatan Makassar entered directly to destroy these chickens as well as check the health of the resident. He hoped his child who was new three months the bird flu negative. From SINDO observation in RS Wahidin,ke 17 patients suspect the bird flu underwent observation and the isolation in the special room. The RS side restricted the patient to carry out direct contact with his family and oblige each visitor to wear clothes steris to peer pasien. Daya accommodated isolation space personally could accommodate as far as 20 patients and if improving, the RS side prepared the special room to pengisolasian.