2009/07/31
KUALA LUMPUR: Nine victims of influenza A (H1N1) are fighting for their lives.
Among them are two youths who are obese, a pregnant woman and one with low immunity.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican said doctors were doing their best to save these victims who were admitted to the intensive care units of designated H1N1 hospitals with complications.
"Malaysians who are in the high- risk category such as suffering from diabetes, upper respiratory tract infection, cancer, obesity and pregnant women must see a doctor on the very onset of flu-like symptoms," he said.
Dr Ismail said it was sad that many Malaysians chose to go to hospitals only when their conditions worsened.
Urging Malaysians not to take the pandemic lightly, he said if they did not fall under the high-risk category, did not have contact with a H1N1 victim or had not travelled overseas, they could take paracetamol and adequate rest at home or see a doctor and get appropriate medication.
"If the fever does not subside and if you develop other symptoms, go immediately to the nearest hospital."
Dr Ismail, however, called on Malaysians not to panic unnecessarily and to insist on throat swabs.
He also called on doctors to pay more attention to and take throat swabs of those with flu-like symptoms, those in the vulnerable and high-risk groups, having pneumonia and complications.
As for the latest update, Dr Ismail said 69 new cases were reported, including that of a student from China.
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