"Suspected" Bird Flu Patients "Still" Treated in Hospital


Four Suspected Bird Flu Patients Treated in Hospital


By Editor at 21 October, 2011, 11:04 am
Mataram, NTB Echoes
Four people exposed to patients with suspected bird flu cases up to now still being treated at Regional General Hospital (Hospital) West Nusa Tenggara Province in Mataram.
Head of the NTB Provincial Hospital, Dr. H. Mawardi told reporters in Mataram on Wednesday to explain, the four men, namely Aditia D-11 months, from Pringgarata, Central Lombok regency, Inaq Sanun (52) of Semayan, Central Lombok.
Furthermore, the age of five months Dian Sahwan Semayan origin, Praya, Central Lombok and Kemala Age five years old also from Pringgarata Central Lombok.
They are suspected of bird flu is already being treated since October 14 and there is also since October 17, 2011 and has yet to be allowed to go home.

  According to Mawardi, after examination, the fourth person is negative or not affected by bird flu, but the results still sent to Jakarta for more convincing.

  The same place, NTB Chief Medical Officer, Dr. HM Ismail, who recently returned to review the location or area that a lot of dead poultry in Central Lombok explains, people do not need to worry because the cases of bird flu has not been proven.
"There is no reason for us to declare the case as an outbreak or Extraordinary Events, because it is not proven," he added.

  He explained that the Provincial Hospital has been designated as a place of reference for people who suspected bird flu as well as the RSU Sumbawa, Bima and RSU Praya Central Lombok.
The four patients who now declared negative bird flu had previously been treated at the Hospital and Health Center Praya and finally referred to the NTB Provincial Hospital, which has a more complete equipment.
According to Ismail, the public does not have to worry about consuming poultry meat, because there is no evidence of avian bird flu attack in this area.

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