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Tests are not in yet, but the death of an 11-year old from North Sumatra has raised suspicions. If confirmed, this would make the third death this week.
This from the Jakarta Post.
Bird flu may have claimed another victim
INDONESIA: A child thought to have been infected with bird flu died Friday, a day after being admitted to hospital in Medan, North Sumatra, an official said Saturday.
The 11-year-old boy from Asahan regency passed away at Adam Malik hospital.
The hospital's deputy director, Nur Rasyid Lubis, said the child was treated for one day at a clinic in Indrapura district before being taken to the hospital after displaying symptoms similar to those of bird flu.
He said the victim was in poor health when he arrived at the hospital, giving the team of doctors little chance to save his life.
He said it is likely the boy died after being infected with the H5N1 virus. Aside from displaying the symptoms of bird flu, the victim also had contact with fowl.
"The child's death, clinically, is likely to have been caused by bird flu. But we are still waiting for blood test results from the Health Ministry's lab," he told The Jakarta Post.
This week bird flu claimed another two lives in the Central Java towns of Grobogan and Kendal, taking the country's human toll to 79, the highest in the world. -- JP
A few more details are available from the local press, translated by machine from Bahasa to English. As always, these translations are a bit difficult to decipher, but often give us more substantive information.
A Hat tip to Commonground on the Wiki for finding, translating, and posting this.
Another Death - an 11 year old boy.
Again, the patient Suspect Bird Flu died in Medan
in June 2nd, 2007 in Medan we |Medan (SIB) the bird flu Virus again swallowed casualties.
The male child was 11 years old from the Asahan Regency that was treated in RSUP H Adam Malik Medan with the assumption suspect bird flu had finally died, on Friday early afternoon (1/6).
His body was at once carried to the place of his origin by being wrapped plastic and the coffin.
The last condition for this patient, the temperature of the temperature of his body 36.8 Celcius levels, experienced the high fever, the cough and breathless him continued to continue, his awareness could descend even experience the comma.
Because of his situation a rust, finally his life was not helped again.
He died approximately struck 11,45 WIB opposite the family that accompanied him for the maintenance.
The child entered on Thursday early afternoon (31/5) with the assumption suspect bird flu after approximately in the last 10 days.
7 chickens piaraan their property and his neighbour died suddenly.
The death of this livestock was followed by fever casualties, breathless and coughs.
The family carried him to one of the clinics in Indrapura.
However because his sign was similar to casualties's bird flu was reconciled to RSUP HAM.
