Thursday, February 17, 2011

Teenager suspected death from influenza A/H5N1

15-year-old patient in the mountainous district of Nam Dong, Thua Thien - Hue province, was taken to the family at the Medical University Hospital, Hue, then move the Hue Central Hospital and died there.
Through diagnosis, doctors Hospital of Hue Medical University identified patient (hospital day 14 / 2) with signs of influenza A/H5N1 infection with symptoms such as fever, dyspnea, pneumonia, failure acute respiratory ... Health status is increasingly critical. The same day of admission, Hue University of Medicine decided to move patients to the Hue Central Hospital. However, only two half hours from when the referral, the patient died.

27 doctors, nurses, nurses and technicians of the University Hospital of Hue Medical and four patients share a room, contact with the sick, must be quarantined immediately and tamiflu medication within 10 days to prevent influenza A/H5N1 vaccine. On the same day, the University Hospital of Hue Medical and disinfection carried out the entire hospital.

Health Department of Thua Thien - Hue province has also sent its staff to the South East district conducted disinfection patient residence area, and isolation and to relatives of patients with preventive medication tamiflu.

Nguyen Dung, Director of Health Department of Thua Thien - Hue province, said the patient's samples were sent for testing and will result in 3 days.

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