This is an article about little Joyce (4) who recently passed away from H5N1 Bird Flu. We reported it here and here
Sunday, May 16, 2010 00:54 pm
Pekanbaru (ANTARA News) - Eye Emmawati (34) staring at the ceiling of his house made of wood. Do not care about, sunshine probe at the lattice window. His hands were busy wringing lower house dress she was wearing. Not long later, his face which was originally developed smile slowly turned cloudy. And one by one point tears trickling down her cheeks.
"Joyce and cheerful child who was not much he begged. He seldom sick, sick once robbed his life straight," recalls resident Sidomulyo, Senapelan, Pekanbaru, while showing old pictures of two little girls who are smiling are displayed on the walls of the wood.
Emma still has not mastered himself, when he berceritanya about her son who had registered for entry into kindergarten Metta on Monday (26 / 4), two days before Joyce died. In fact, he continued, supplies to enter kindergarten already bought the full.
His eyes swept the room as he hugged his two children are asleep. He said that, besides himself who is still traumatized to see the crowds, the kids were restless After the death of Joyce.
Evelyn Joyce is a poor boy who died of bird flu sufferers from bird flu on Wednesday (28 / 4) then. Joice, is the second child of three brothers and Hope Bagariang Emmawati couples. Until this moment, Emma could not completely forget about Joyce. Joyce says, children who are not much behavior, in contrast to the two brothers Maharani and Pandi.
"Demand is just going to the last child was taken to the mall, when recovering from a fever. Yet had time to carry it to the mall, he fell ill again and to finally breathed his last," says Emma.
Until now, he's not fully believe her son died from bird flu. The reason children are not in direct contact with poultry. So do around the house nothing was found in poultry and all poultry that died suddenly.
"Nothing at all. My child, the child's home. Most remote to play just in front of the house. It was also with her sister," Emma said when being met AFP, Friday (14 / 5)
So also with the results of samples taken by Department of Agriculture Animal Health and Pekanbaru City neighborhood. Of the 150 animals that are 200 meters in the house, none are known to suffer from the H5N1 virus.
"Finally, before entering the hospital did we eat fried chicken. But the chicken, not a dead chicken that I bought. I bought live and slaughtered immediately on the spot. Our whole family is eating chicken," he explained.
She told him, a day after eating the chicken, Joyce directly fever and taken to the Arifin Achmad Hospital. According to doctors who handle it, Joyce is not anything except a virus in his body and is recommended for the treatment of the road. Emma, however, insisted that his son was placed on medication. Fear of further undesirable thing.
Finally, the doctor relented and let Joyce admitted last night. Joice allowed to go home the next day. But unfortunately, Joyce returned days later a high body temperature reaching 38 degrees centigrade, and was immediately taken to the Arifin Achmad Hospital. Namunnya unfortunately, at the hospital Joice not served the maximum. Until finally, she and her husband agreed to take him to the Hospital of Santa Maria.
"After one day at Santa Maria Hospital, his doctors said Joyce virus. Finally, were referred back to the Arifin Achmad Hospital, because the only hospital where patient care is used as bird flu," he said.
Unfortunately, at the Arifin Achmad Hospital which is the only reference to the bird flu patient care in Riau no response. During the treatment, she knew none of whom are doctors who deal with children. Even he thought so far that deal with children are only nurses who changed shifts three times.
"He said the team leader's handling Azisman doctor. Then, because the doctor is to Jakarta, Riri eventually delegated to the physician who is a pediatrician. But until Joyce's death, we never know which doctor Riri, the" story.
According to, admission, for this is the nurses who care. When he asked this to the nurse, the nurse said the doctor is monitoring via telephone. Even when his son needed darahpun, many nurses who do not know.
And just realized when nurses perform medical checks on the equipment mounted on the body of Joyce. Symptoms last one before our last breath Joice Joice higher body temperature and also accompanied her breathing more labored.
"I strongly deplore the services provided by hospitals. We are paying just to be treated like this, how can the poor who can not afford to pay," he said softly.
For his part, he continued, pay all the bills that prompted the hospital that is worth millions in various ways. Although his life is only as the wife of a well digger drill, may be regarded as mediocre.
"More importantly, we do not beg. Abstinence for us," he asserted.
He just hoped in the future no longer Joice who died from bird flu or a bad service Arifin Achmad Hospital. Emma said the government should be responsive in dealing with bird flu.
"Enough Joice who fall victim, do not exist anymore-Joice Joice next. The government should quickly respond, not just when he fell victim of new busy. In fact, until recently promised spraying disinfectant Agriculture parties also do not realized," he complained.
Bird flu in Riau signed in mid-May 2007 and, where the first victims Yatino, villagers Semblinang Cliff Peranap Indragiri Hulu District (Inhu), a distance of 200 kilometers from Pekanbaru. Besides due to bird flu, even a mistake in its handling. Where the hospital is too late to give tamiflu bird flu medicine, and only gives the common cold medications.
Since then, bird flu in Riau seemed to spread like a deadly terror. Department of Health said the party until 2010, there were nine deaths from bird flu. Meanwhile, suspected bird flu countless numbers.
According to him, all areas in Riau and is endemic bird flu cases were estimated to have increased during the rainy season because the virus will multiply and spread easily in the humid air conditions.
"And unfortunately, many parents who do not know the children affected by bird flu. As a result, taken to the hospital so her child the condition was getting worse," said Chief Medical Officer of Riau, Mursal Amir.
Beginning last May, the Arifin Achmad Hospital is also treating three patients with bird flu came from the DAS Siak (5), SF (44), and the U.S. (11). But finally allowed to go home, because no bird flu.
Avian Flu Response Team Leader Arifin Achmad Hospital, Dr. Saad Azizman, Sp.P said the bird flu virus lives in the digestive tract. The virus is then expelled with feces, and infection occurs when people approached. Transmission is thought to occur from dirt orally or through the respiratory tract.
"This virus spreads rapidly among poultry populations with high mortality. It can even be spread among livestock from one region to another. Like influenza, bird flu is very easy to mutate," he explained.
Patients who showed symptoms of bird flu as ordinary flu, including fever, cough, sore throat, shortness of breath. And if not rescued immediately, the patient could die. According to this disease can also infect humans, contaminated airborne virus.
"But until now there is no evidence of transmission from human to human. And also not yet proven the existence of transmission to humans through consumption of meat," he said.
Regarding the case of Joyce, he continued, based on the results of Health Research and Development, Jakarta, is known bird flu positive.
"Based on the lung X-rays known victims were closed. And also experience high heat," he said. He said that the RS has the utmost to save the child.
"We have the utmost, but in intensive care after his condition worsened," he concluded.
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