Saturday, March 21, 2009

Patients have died of H5N1

[new case]

Saturday, 21/3/2009, 15:26 GMT +7

After 4 days in the hospital female patient, 26 years old live in Thanh Tri, Soc Trang has been with the same manifestations of the avian influenza. Patient samples have been subject to tests to determine the exact cause of death.


Talking to VnExpress.net, doctor Tran Van Khanh, Director General Hospital Bac Lieu province, said, the patient died at 20 / 3, after 24 hours of hospitalization. The disease manifests from time to hospital mortality is respiratory failure, fever, cough ... be similar H5N1.

However, according to Mr. Khanh, must wait for test results from the Pasteur Institute HCMC can affirm patients infected with avian influenza or not.

Epidemiological investigation by Chau Hung Commune, Thanh Tri district, Soc Trang, where the patients live, to see, how about 20 days ago, you eat food made from meat ducks died, but only to first feel uncomfortable, to the fever in a few days ago again.

16 / 3, the patient was transferred to the commune clinics to treat the disease more severe the family moved to General Hospital Bac Lieu.

Although not yet confirmed the cause of death of patients, to prevent the spread of disease, the Medical Center for Soc Trang province has xịt chemical spray khử same area in living patients.
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Chuong Thien

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