8 Suspected Bird Flu Patients Treated

Friday, March 4, 2011

PADANG, KOMPAS.com - General Hospital (Dr) M Jamil Padang, caring for patients suspected of eight people infected with bird flu during January to early March 2011.

"We have treated eight patients with suspected bird flu infection in 2011," said hospital director Dr M Jamil Padang Aumas Pabuti, Friday (3/4/2011).

Among 8 patients, 3 people are allowed home by doctors who treat the patient home.

"Meanwhile, five more people are still undergoing intensive treatment," he said.

Patients who underwent treatment at hospital M Jamil is in general from around the city of Padang. "One person patients come from areas Dharmasraya" he said.

Officials at Children Respirologi Sub Division Dr M Jamil Padang, Dr Finny Fitry Yani said, now M Jamil hospital just caring for patients suspected of five people infected with bird flu. Three of the patients suspected people have been allowed to go home.

Five people suspected bird flu patients who were treated according to hospital negative rapid test results of bird flu.

"While one person hospitalized patients had the initials R testnya rapid positive results of bird flu," said Yani.

The hospital has taken blood samples of each patient to ensure bird flu positive or negative.

Blood samples sent to laboratories in Jakarta to prove a negative or positive patient bird flu. "The hospital is still waiting for blood test results," said Dr. Yaniv.