Friday, April 30, 2010

Media: Indonesian Bird Flu Fatality

 

 

 

# 4537

 

Indonesian media is reporting the 4 year-old girl who died on Wednesday in the flu isolation unit of Arifin Achmad hospital in Pekan Baru, Indonesia has tested positive for the H5N1 virus.  

 

Meanwhile, three others from the same region remain hospitalized with suspected H5H1 infection.  A 40 year-old mother, her 14-year-old child, and an 8-year-old neighbor. 

 

Their conditions are reported as improving.  

 

 

This machine translation is of an original article from riauterkini.com news.

 

Friday, 30 April 2010 19:40

Positive Joice, Arifin Achmad Hospital Patients Hospitalized third suspect bird flu


 Joice toddlers tested positive Efeline died from bird flu. Sementa currently three residents in the provincial hospital Siak Arifin Achmad for allegedly infected by H5N1 virus.



Riauterkini-Pekanbaru-suspect case of bird flu, Arifin Achmad Hospital has treated this weekend hikes.  After a toddler, child Sidomulyo resident Street, Padang Keluruhan headdress, District Senapelan, named Joice Efeline Pekanbaru City died Wednesday (28/4/10) and ascertained from the virus or the H5N1 strain of avian enfluenza, now there were three patients who origin in Siak Regency should be treated in isolation space suspect bird flu patients.

 


"To Joyce Efeline we can and certainly a positive laboratory result of bird flu," said Chairman of the Bird Flu Prevention Team Arifin Achmad Pekanbaru Hospital Saad Azizman to riauterkini in Pekanbaru, on Friday (30/4/10).

 


While about three patients Siak origin who is now hospitalized in isolation room is a mother named Siti Fatimah (40) and his son, Anggi (14) and neighbor Diva Amandasari (8).

All three residents Apit River, Siak.


All three enter simultaneously at dawn earlier. Initially treated in the emergency room (ER), but because his body temperature reached 38 degrees Celsius, and then referred to were isolated in a special room patients suspect bird flu.


"Now all three conditions began to improve.  His temperature began to decrease and his lung condition is stable, "explained Azizman .***( mad)