Saturday, February 18, 2012

Indonesia: 5 Suspected Citizens - Wife Enters Hospital in East Java

We previously posted that 5 people were suspected for bird flu in East Java, here. We posted that the poultry were confirmed with H5N1 here. This article talks about one of the 5 suspected entering the hospital:

Sabtu, 18 Februari 2012 14:27:24 WIB
Reporter : M Subkhi

Pasuruan (beritajatim.com) - One of the residents who allegedly contracted the bird flu, finally admitted to hospitals Soedarsono, Saturday (02/18/2012). He is Ponimah (50), wife of Karju (52), residents Petamanan Village, District of South Bugul, Makati City. Ponimah had referred to the hospital due to very poor condition. The reason, he is now experiencing a runny nose, fever and a cough that never healed. This experience, having previously had contact with his chickens that died suddenly a few days ago. A total of five chickens belonging Ponimah a few days ago, suddenly died of a sudden because it suffered a bird flu virus. Because death is considered normal, Ponimah was then dump it into the stream of his dead chickens with bare hands without gloves."My brother suffered from fever, coughs and colds. This, since 5 days ago. Moreover, before he was suffering from a sore throat," said Jacob, brother Ponimah told reporters when met at the Makati City Hospital Soedarsono.

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