The patient Suspek Bird Flu in Ngawi

Selasa, 17 Maret 2009 | 17:45 WIB
NGAWI,KOMPAS.com - a child had the initials R, was 2.3 years old, villagers Sidokerto, Kecamatan Karangjati, of Kabupaten Ngawi, was run off with to the Daerah Public Hospital Dr Suroto, Ngawi because of being expected terjangkit the bird flu virus, on Tuesday (17/3). Before being run off with to the hospital, R was carried to the Karangjati Community Health Centre by parents R, on Tuesday morning. After being learnt R had the story of contact with the poultry that died because of the virus avian influenza (bird flu) in Sidokerto, the previous community health centre side decided to reconcile R to the hospital.

R arrived in the hospital around struck 12,30. He then was checked in the RSUD intensive care unit Dr Suroto before afterwards was brought to one of the space in the room of the child. In this room, there was no other patient apart from R. Slamet, the father from R, said since one weeks ago, more than 30 chickens near his place remained at many that died. After being checked by the official of the Service of Kehewanan Kabupaten Ngawi, the chickens died because of the virus avian influenza.

Afterwards three days ago, continued Slamet, R experienced the fever, the cough, and from time to time his breath was crowded. At that time, he thought his child only was sick because of influenza. However because his illness will never recover, Slamet began to be worried. Brought his child to the community health centre. Because R had the story of contact with the poultry that died, the previous community health centre side reconciled him to the hospital, said Sarjono, the official of the community health centre that accompanied R. In the hospital, dokter that checked the R health, Dr Harun Al Rasyid, said the existence of the story of R contact was with the poultry that died because of bird flu, increased by the fever and breathless that was experienced by R, made R be expected terjangkit the bird flu virus.

"However to confirm whether that was true the bird flu virus or not, we were still being waiting for results" of the "R blood test in the Ngawi health laboratory." Moreover, we also would me-x-rayed the R lungs, said Harun. Results of this test could be known in several forthcoming days. If eventually, R was really attacked by the bird flu illness, the hospital side will reconcile him to RSU Dr Sudono, Madiun. His article of RSU Dr Sudono was some r umah was sick reconciliation for the bird flu patient in East Java. R was the patient suspect second bird flu that was treated in RSU Dr Suroto during 2009. The patient suspect bird flu beforehand was BW (12), villagers Tambakboyo, Kecamatan Mantingan, of Ngawi. Mid last February he could be treated in RSU Dr Suroto. However after being checked, BW was stated by the bird flu negative.

hat-tip Dutchy