Two Patients Treated Avian Influenza Intensive

October 10, 2011 | BP
District DSO effected
Two Patients Treated Avian Influenza Intensive
Denpasar (Bali Post) -

The emergence of bird flu cases in Bangli, precisely in the Banjar Dinas Antugan, Jehem Village Bangli, making Public Health and Animal Husbandry Department to take preventive measures and countermeasures. District Surveillance Officer (DSO) for bird flu in each district is now effected performance.

In the meantime, until yesterday the two sisters from Bangli is the patient suspect bird flu was still in intensive care.The results of laboratory tests Sanglah Hospital and Medical Faculty Udayana University, is equally positive results. Status of both sisters to be avian influenza-positive patients were just waiting for the results of Research and Development Laboratory of Jakarta.
Chief Medical Officer Dr Bali. Nyoman Sutedja, Sunday (9 / 10) today presented, for residents who had ILI (Influenza Like Illness) will be traced history. If had contact with poultry that died suddenly, will be given tamiflu and intensive care in accordance with the bird flu patient care. Tamiflu current inventory reached 14,000 kiur.
Related to this DSO team, he said, served to monitor the case and the potential for early detection of bird flu. If found people who are sick after chickens died suddenly, will be reported immediately to local health centers and farms.

Apart form the DSO team, also made counseling about bird flu on a regular basis in each region. The emergence of bird flu cases in humans after a vacuum for the last two years in Bali shows that the awareness of the disease is weak. Sutedja appealed to people to remain vigilant and immediately report if there are birds in the area of ​​sudden death.

Head of Department of Livestock Bali Putu Sumantra said, after the information of two residents from Bangli suspected bird flu positive, Disnak party was immediately plunged into the location that is the Banjar Antugan, Jehem, Tembuku, Bangli.

Based on the results of rapid tests on chickens that died or live in the home patients were negative. Similar results were also shown by the examination of dead chickens in his neighbor's house. For a more accurate examination, two chickens that died at home the patient was then taken to the Central Veterinary, Pegok, Denpasar.
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