Saturday, February 26, 2011

#H5N1 Garut-Infant Suspected Bird Flu Transmission


Saturday, February 26, 2011 15:29 pm
GARUT - MICOM: A baby allegedly indicated or suspect bird flu was taken to General Hospital (RSU) Dr. Congratulations, Garut regency, West Java, on Saturday (26 / 2) early morning.

The patient was named Lena, aged seven months, residents of Kampung Cangkuang RT 09/04, Desa Bagendit, Banyuresmi Subdistrict, Garut regency, or the discovery of hundreds of chickens died suddenly due to H5N1 virus.

Patients brought their parents to RSU Dr Congratulations at around 4:30 pm because of fever, cough, shortness of breath, and previously had contact with poultry. Now patients treated at room
special insulation treatment of bird flu that has been available in Dr Congratulations.

Previously Head of the Livestock Sub Banyuresmi Nenok UPTD Kusmiati, 49, was also treated in Dr Congratulations, Friday (25 / 2) afternoon, because of suspected bird flu.

Executive officer of Medical Bird Flu Handling Congratulations Dr Asep Roni Arianto said patients have serious medical treatment by providing drug tamiflu as first aid to prevent bird flu disease.

Then they infused, was given oxygen and taken samples of fluids from the mouth and nasal mucus for inspection at the central laboratory in Jakarta.

He claimed not to ensure they are infected with bird flu or not, because it must be proven by laboratory results that can be known one day after he gave a sample of fluid mucus of patients. (Ant/OL-01)

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