Thursday, 8/4/2010, 14:6 (GMT +7)
On 6 / 4, Department of Preventive Medicine and Environment (MOH) has confirmed cases positive for influenza A/H5N1 in Bac Kan province. He TVH patients., 22, Na Tao Village, commune such as grass, Cho Moi district, Kan Bac. It is cases of influenza A/H5N1 6 of Vietnam since early this year. So within three months of the year, the number of cases of influenza A/H5N1 was reported in our country has a higher total of all cases in 2009. SK & DS reporters had a quick exchange with other departments of the Ministry of Health functions prevention of influenza A/H5N1.
Eng. Level of patients being treated for H. influenza A/H5N1 infection in the Central Hospital of Tropical Diseases. Photo: Minh Tran
Eng. Intermediate Nguyen, Deputy Director of Emergency Department, Hospital Central Tropical Diseases: "Here the patient can live poultry death phenomenon."
Patient H. hospitalized in very serious condition, pale body, thought most organs, including lungs was most severe (severe respiratory failure), heart and kidneys also began to suffer.
According to epidemiological investigation, in which patients live with the phenomenon of dead poultry. As it is also at the commune there are 4 more people with symptoms of high fever and cough, are isolated, tracking. But the health of all four men are stable.
Eng. Alert level, people in areas with sick poultry phenomena, all die should be vigilant and to immediately notify authorities and agencies in the locality. In addition, the appearance of symptoms such as fever, cough, difficulty breathing, especially after contact with poultry you should think of influenza A/H5N1 and to right the nearest treatment facility for counseling, according Health monitoring and detection, timely treatment.
According ThS.Cap, now, a tropical disease hospital was put into use isolation rooms with negative $ 250,000 funding by Oxford University funding for isolating, treating patients with SARS, influenza A/H5N1 . However, if large numbers of patients, the hospital will have to mobilize more of the other preventive service for the treatment of patients with dangerous infectious diseases.
TS. Luong Ngoc Khue-director of the Department of Health, Ministry of Health: "The hospital is always ready to take the initiative in treatment services."
The weather this season easily create favorable conditions for virus spread and development in poultry as well as the risk of spreading avian influenza and can spread easily to humans.
Therefore, the Department of Health Management has requested a written emergency hospitals, hospital beds under the Ministry, the Provincial Health Department, and city health departments plan to urgently when there is active outbreak out; a permanent plan, the reserve of drugs, fluids, equipment, materials and layout of the number of hospital beds, emergency facilities available to ensure the content of the collection, treatment and isolation patients according to guidelines for prevention.
Related to the treatment of influenza A/H5N1 epidemic, he said Khue, Health Administration has asked the hospital last line in the treatment system must be ready to receive the flu treatment of severe cases and difficult to treat, and support facilities on the lower level of health prevention services.
Accordingly, the receive and treat patients and the average online by the hospital treating influenza primarily in charge of the system. Private line extensions and treatment system in place in the treatment of influenza, will take on the detection of suspected cases in the community to guide and coordinate, online social support in surveillance, treatment and fight against epidemic.
TS. Nguyen Van Binh, deputy director of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Environment: "Do not be" sleeping "on the service."
Currently avian appear scattered in several provinces. Besides, cold weather, humidity, the virus will have the opportunity to develop and spread in poultry should spread the risk is great. The people should cooperate with authorities and agencies in detecting the phenomenon of bird illness, death and especially not in use, slaughter, transport, trade poultry of unknown origin, especially in the area flu outbreak in poultry. Advocacy on issues of mass media for people to understand and comply with the Health Ministry's recommendations on measures against bird flu should be "temperamental predominance" again. Because the service via a long lull, it seems that people and even the authorities in some localities as "sleeping" makes the disease a chance to come back and threaten public health .
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