Thursday, January 7, 2010

Indonesia: Blood samples of five patients Suspect Bird Flu Sent to Jakarta

Thursday, 07 Januari 2010
DENPASAR - MI: Blood samples of five patients suspect bird flu (H5N1) is now being treated at the Hospital (RS) Sanglah Denpasar, Bali, sent to Jakartal to ascertain whether the five men positively infected by avian flu.

"We have sent blood samples to Jakarta, so just waiting for the result if it later tested positive or negative," said Head of Provincial Health Office Dr. Nyoman Bali Suteja in Denpasar, on Thursday (7 / 1). But Suteja not specify the names of the five patients.

Tapinya, the symptoms the patient has not shown a strong lead to the bird flu. The reason is the recent weather changes that affect one's health condition.

The symptoms indicated a very common, such as body temperature rises, and shortness of breath. Even so, he still would not take any chances and did not immediately examine the blood samples as the anticipation of things unwanted. "So, they keep the patients treated in isolation," said Suteja.

Susfect bird flu patients who entered the Sanglah Hospital, Tuesday (6 / 1), the initials WR, 65, from Banjarangkan, Klungkung regency. WR suspected that H5N1 virus following the death of some chickens in the neighborhood of a sudden.

Based on the record, since the emergence of bird flu case in Bali, of all patients who had been treated in hospital Sanglah two of whom died in 2007. Both were from the district of Tabanan and Jembrana. (RS/OL-01)

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