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Yesterday, it was reported that the number of isolation beds at Sardjito hospital in Yogyakarta, Indonesia had to be increased from 5 to 11, to accommodate the increasing number of suspected bird flu patients they had received. This, from MetroTVnews.
RS SARDJITO increased the CAPACITY treated the BIRD FLU PATIENT
The number of patients with the sign was similar to bird flu continued to improve in Yogyakarta and Manado, North Sulawesi.
From Yogyakarta was reported that the side Sardjito of the doctor's Hospital must increase the capacity treated inap for the bird flu sufferer from five became 11 beds.
Was based on the monitoring Metro the TV, till this Monday (29/1), the number of patients suspect bird flu that was treated in RS the doctor Sardjito numbering five people.
The last patient entered, earlier today was a child had the initials the USA aged four of the Dlingo subdistricts, Bantul.The patient experienced the high fever similar to bird flu.
Today, we get this report, from Antara News, indicating that the number of suspected cases at Sardijto Hospital now number 15.
Fifteen suspected bird flu patients being treated at Sardjito hospital
Yogyakarta (ANTARA News) - Six more suspected bird flu patients were admitted to Dr Sardjito Hospital here on Monday, bringing to 15 the number of such patients being treated at the hospital, a spokesman said on Tuesday.
"Four of the six patients belong to the same family hailing from Playen sub district, Gunungkidul district," spokesman of the hospital Trisno Heru Nugroho said.
Nugroho quoted a member of the family as saying that they fell ill after burying dead chicken near their house without wearing masks.
He said more and more suspected bird flu patients had been admitted to the hospital since January 19. Some of them were referral patients from community health centers and hospitals in Yogyakarta and Central Java provinces.
"One of the patients was a six-year-old child identified by its initial Q. The result of a laboratory test suggests that the child tested positive for bird flu," he said.(*)
Once again, we don't know how many, if any, of these patients will turn out to be infected with the H5N1 virus. Indonesia is fighting an outbreak of Dengue fever right now, in addition to bird flu, and so hospitals are over crowded with patients. It can be difficult to differentiate between Dengue, and bird flu, particularly early in the course of the illness.
In any event, this illustrates how over burdened the hospitals and staff are right now as they combat two serious medical problems, neither of which show any signs of going away.
