# 1672
In last night's report on the death of APP, the 16-year-old Indonesian boy, the news paper article mentioned local media coverage of a 3-year-old who died yesterday, suspected of having the avian flu virus.
While there has been no government confirmation, the local media (okezone) is carrying the following story which claims the boy tested positive for the bird flu virus. Until the government confirms this case, we need to consider it `suspected'.
Once again, this appears to be a case where a likely bird flu patient was shuffled between clinics and hospitals for days without receiving a proper diagnosis and appropriate treatment. The mortality rate in Indonesia remains over 80% among known H5N1 infections.
A Hat tip to Mathematician on the Flu Wiki for this translation from the Bahasan language.
Translations such as these are always a bit cryptic, and the reporting is sometimes suspect, but these reports do give us some clues as what is going on in these countries, often well in advance of the English Press.
Flu Burung Renggut Nyawa Warga Kebayoran Lama
Jakarta - Muhammad Andika (3), the resident Kebayoran For A Long Time was North RT02/08, Southern Jakarta, died in RS the Friendship, Jakarta East, after positive was infected by the virus Avian influenza (AI) H5N1.
The child of the two couples Misri, 40, and Mesre, 32, died to Jum'at yesterday struck 09,30 WIB, after beforehand in treated in five hospitals.
Kasudin Kesehatan of the Community (Kesmas) Southern Jakarta Togi Asmat Sinaga said, the illness that was suffered by casualties was just known on Saturday, (2/2).
At that time, the family claimed to be Andika experienced the hot sign and coughs.
The "view of the time family of only of his illnesses was common, afterwards casualties were carried to the closest clinic," said Togi in the extermination gap of the poultry, on Saturday (16/2/2008).
Several days afterwards, the family claimed to be his child's illness never recovered.
Finally, they brought casualties to RS Muhammadiyah.
"To Jum'at (15/2) struck 00,00 WIB, casualties had finally been reconciled to RS Persahabatan," he said.
According to Togi, several after being checked and treated, the previous hospital side sentenced positive casualties was infected by the virus of Avian Influenza (AI) H5N1.
"Strike 09,30 WIB, casualties died," he said.
