# 2939
One of the suspect bird flu cases we’ve been following for the past few days (see Suspect Cases In Indonesia) was 2 year-old IS from Pekanbaru, which is the capital of Riau province in Indonesia.
While no test results have been announced as yet, H5N1 infection is strongly suspected.
Sadly, little IS lost his battle against whatever pathogen he was fighting over night.
This report from the Jakarta Post.
Thursday, March 26, 2009 5:31 PM
Bird flu suspect dies in Pekanbaru
The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Thu, 03/26/2009 2:44 PM
Two-year old Wahyu Ibnu Saputra, who has been intensively treated for a suspected birdflu case, died in an isolated room at Arifin Achmad Hospital in Pekanbaru, Riau, on early Thursday morning.
Azizman Saad of the hospital's birdflu handling team told Antara that Wahyu had trouble breathing and lost his consciousness before his death.
He said that six doctors worked to save the boy's life. Wahyu was pronounced dead at around 02:00 a.m..
Azizman said that the patient's condition was relatively well on Wednesday morning, but quickly deteriorated during the evening.
Wahyu was admitted as birdflu suspect last Friday after he had been treated at another hospital for six days.
Azizman said the hospital has yet to announce whether the boy died of birdflu because it was still waiting for nasal and throat swabs test result form the Health Ministry laboratory in Jakarta. (dre)
