Vietnam: Patient infected with bird flu critical #H5N1

28/02/2012

On 27/2, information from the City Hospital for Tropical Diseases, the patient's health Phu Truong Son, 22, lives in Pacific influenza A/H5N1 is critical.

TS.BS Nguyen Van Vinh Chau - Director of HCM City Tropical Disease Hospital, said the patient's health Phu Truong Son, 22, lives in Pacific A/H5N1 influenza is critical.

The patient was transferred to the Hospital for Tropical Diseases on 23/2 in a state of high fever, pneumonia, respiratory failure. Test results at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases and the Pasteur Institute HCMC identify patients positive for influenza A/H5N1. Immediately, patients are being drug Tamiflu and antibiotics to deal with multiple pulmonary and non-invasive mechanical ventilation. Time, the patient's condition is severe, still lying in the recovery room and are mechanically ventilated. The hospital is actively treating patients according to guidelines of the Ministry of Health but the patient's condition serious, there is no improvement.

After detection of cases, HCM City Pasteur Institute in cooperation with the Department of Health, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Pacific deployment epidemiological investigation and implementation of hygiene measures prevention.

TS.BS Tran Ngoc Huu - HCMC Pasteur Institute said Binh Duong was provided to 300 members to provide Tamiflu for subjects exposed cases, support epidemic. The results of epidemiological investigation has been completed and sent reports to the Institute of Preventive Medicine Department and Environment Ministry of Health on the morning of 27/2.

At present, HCM City Pasteur Institute are trying to support the local in the South when outbreaks occur.Tamiflu Resources Institute reserves remain sufficient to provide for those at risk of infection. Also, according TS.BS Friends, this year A/H5N1 flu still occur with sporadic nature, inability to break out into major outbreaks.

From the beginning of the year, there were three cases of influenza A/H5N1 were in the South before and 2 cases were fatal.

Currently, bird flu is still complicated, with 11 local service. Services likely to spread to humans, a high mortality rate. Ministry of Health recommends the farmers measures to strengthen prevention and control in poultry, waterfowl, and advised people, not slaughter poultry died of unknown cause, does not eat poultry has not been processing techniques, they have symptoms of fever, cough, shortness of breath related to exposure to poultry to the medical facility for examination and treatment.