Saturday, January 31, 2009

Vietnam: * Some patients with influenza A infection of H5N1

More than 120 people died due to traffic accidents
Saturday, 31 / 1 / 2009, 7: 10 (GMT +7)
* Some patients with influenza A infection of H5N1

30.1 yesterday, the Ministry of Health said the report's Fast 21 hospitals and 42 health departments across the country, there are 79,559 patients to examination and treatment in 3 days culture, the number of emergency due to road accidents accounting for nearly 35 % with 27,824 cases, of which nearly 55% of traffic accidents.

Number of deaths in hospitals are the 302, traffic accidents is the leading cause (41%) with 124 ca; death by accident of birth: 9.6% and food poisoning: 3%. In general, people died by traffic accidents decreased 17.8% compared to the Chinese New Year festival in 2008.

Also the Ministry of Health, some days not recorded any additional patients were influenza A H5N1. However, a case of pneumonia patients and severe influenza A H5N1 infection are being treated at the Provincial Hospital is Vinh Long V. Nguyen Khac (32 years), starting on 24.1.2009 patients with symptoms of fever, cough, chest pain. Disease subject samples are tested at the Pasteur Institute of Ho Chi Minh City.

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