Indonesia, S. Kalimantan: Four Foreign Residents Suspect Bird Flu

Tuesday, 02 Februari 2010

BANJARMASIN-MI: Four foreign nationals who worked as the crew (crew) on one of the foreign ships susfect suspected bird flu (H5N1) and swine flu (H1N1).

Head of bird flu and flu Pig Ulin Banjarmasin Isa Hospital in Banjarmasin, Monday (1 / 2), said, confirming there are four foreign nationals who currently are being treated at.

Nursed four foreign citizens who have the flu leading features and resembles like symptoms of bird flu and swine flu.

With the flu-like symptoms of bird flu and swine flu, the hospitals Ulin Banjarmasin do care and be alert to symptoms of the flu, he added.

Four foreign nationals were in hospitals Ulin Banjarmasin on Saturday (30 / 1) and immediately carried out the handling of these patients.

It is also to anticipate undesirable, the four foreign patients are treated in isolation hospitals Ulin Banjarmasin.

All four patients are known to come from Europe and Asia, the three patients came from Europe and one patient from Asia.

Meanwhile, the fourth condition of patients being treated in isolation rooms that things are getting better, and one patient had experienced a decrease heat.

Previously when entering hospitals ER Ulin Banjarmasin susfect four patients suspected of bird flu and swine flu that has hot around 37.8 degrees Celsius.

In the past that the hospitals have taken ulin Banjarmasin fourth throat secretions such patients to be examined in the laboratory Jakarta to find out the disease suffered by the four patients.

Furthermore, Isa tells us that the lab results will be known to about three to four days of examination, clear Isa.

"We hope that the results of the examination of these four patients negative results," Director hospitals hope Ulin Banjarmasin, Abhimanyu in Banjarmasin.

Not only the hospitals Ulin Banjarmasin will always be serious in handling and dealing that lead to disease of birds and avian flu new, because hospitals Ulin Banjarmasin is the only referral hospital in the area of South Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan, said Abi.

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