# 5013
Last night, as I was about to retire for the evening, I spotted a pair of very brief reports on the death of an `alleged’ bird flu patient on Monday at M Djamil hospital in West Sumatera.
These reports were posted by bgw in MT on the Flu Wiki and Treyfish on Flutrackers.
Since details were somewhat scant - I decided to wait until morning to post it - when hopefully more information would become available.
Ida at the Bird Flu Information Corner has obliged, with a translation of a report from Antara-Sumbar.
While her doctors suspect H5N1 - based on her rapid death, symptoms, and X-rays – confirmatory test results have not been received.
I’ve only posted an excerpt from Ida’s translation. Follow the link to read it in it’s entirety.
Pasaman Barat, West Sumatera ::: A girl possibly die of bird flu
Posted by Ida on October 27, 2010
Pasaman Barat – A 5-year-old girl, Indri Rahmi Wati, resident of Kampung Sungai Janiah, Jorong Sungai Janiah Nagari Talu, Kecamatan Talamu Kabupaten Pasaman Barat (Pasbar) had died in M Djamil hospital, West Sumatera, on Monday (25/10).
She was suspected of having bird flu H5N1 infection.
Patient had received medical help for four hours at internal medicine isolation unit of M Djamil hospital before the death.
Head of Health Service in Pasbar, Yandra Fery confirmed the existence of bird flu suspect patient in Pasbar.
Indri, had been admitted to Talu public health center and then transferred to Jambak Pasbar regional hospital. Since her condition was deteriorating, the hospital referred her to M Djamil hospital, where she was immediately treated at internal medicine unit.
Currently outbreaks of H5N1 occur primarily in birds, although sporadic,widely scattered human cases are reported around the world as well – most commonly in Egypt and Indonesia.
Most (but not all) have been linked to close contact with infected poultry or birds. The source of infection in a small number of human cases isn’t known.
While the virus has yet to adapt well enough to human hosts to transmit effectively between people, scientists still fear the virus could mutate into a pandemic strain someday.
