Thursday, March 18, 2010

Vietnam: Binh Duong: strict control areas with a patient death from influenza A/H5N1 infection

17:06 | March 18, 2010
According to The Sunday Tan, Head of the Department of Health Profession Pacific, after NTKM grandchildren, 3 years old (at the motel workers Binh Duc Hamlet II, Hoa Binh Thuan An, Binh Duong) mortality in Children's Hospital II (Ho Chi Minh City) on 17 thirds of influenza A/H5N1 infection, Provincial Health Department has directed the concerned units to coordinate with City Hospital Pasteur organizing measures against the spread in the community.

Sub-Department of Animal Health, Center for Preventive Health and Health Center Thuan An has made pasteurized, sterilizing area patients stay; get 14 samples tested in poultry and 9 samples for schools of people have direct contact with patients to get direction processed promptly. According to the function, near the family of patients in a facility to kill poultry. Base has been forced to suspend operations and destruction of all poultry. Samples of poultry facilities were tested

Known before the illness, I have NTKM the parents of home workers in the Western Pacific and then back. On 7/3 grandchildren cough and fever, the family treatment in private clinics but not to give support and admission to the two Children's Hospital on 10 / 3 with symptoms of high fever, occasional cough. Through examination of the hospital and the Pasteur Institute for a positive result for influenza A/H5N1. Although doctors have the right treatment regimen the patients but the situation is still bad evolutions, severe pneumonia, respiratory failure, multi-agency failure and death. /.

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