# 1580
A new suspected case of human bird flu has been admitted to a Jakarta hospital, again from the hard hit Tangerang district. This time it is a 29 year-old, whose condition is listed as `critical'.
Tests have not come back on this patient, so this is only a `suspected case' of H5N1.
This is in Addison to the 32-year-old woman in the same hospital, already diagnosed with H5N1.
Both patients are on a ventilator. Historically, this has been an ominous sign in bird flu infections.
A Hat Tip to Dutchy on Flutrackers for posting this translation.
One Patient was suspected Bird Flu entered RS Persabahatan
on Thursday, January 31 2008 |
The Interaktif TIME, Jakarta
One patient was expected by bird flu again was treated in the Persahabatan Hospital, Rawamangun, Jakarta East. The patient have the initials Ny.S, 29 years, from Street Jati, Kota Baru, Tangerang.
According to the Head of RS Persahabatan Any Reputrawati public relations the patient entered struck 01,00 WIB, on Thursday (31-1).
The patient already a week suffered the sign of flu and the fever.The condition for the patient at this time was critical, said Any.
The patient was treated in special intensive space bird flu.
The "inflammation" of the "lungs has been wide, he said."
And at this time to help breathing to be installed the ventilator.
However, results of the test positive or not bird flu did not yet go out.
Apart from Ny.S, at this time, RS Persahabatan was still treating one positive patient bird flu had the initials the Woman R, 32 years, from Bekasi.
She was reconciled from RS Harum, Kalimalang, Jakarta East. His condition at this time was critical because of the inflammation of the lungs that spread. She was reconciled from since January 26.
He was treated in special isolation space, said Any.
The team of the doctor installed the ventilator to help breathing Ny .R.
