Friday, March 9, 2012

Indo: AI infection, Bengkulu hospital Employee Dies

Saturday, March 10, 2012


Jakarta | Acehtraffic.com - The bird flu virus back casualties. This time, an employee of the Regional General Hospital (Hospital) Dr M Yunus Bengkulu, died of the H5N1 virus, also called this. victim known initials M and 24-year-old. M is the Queen of district residents Samban, the city of Bengkulu, Bengkulu Province.

This bird flu case began when M is known to suffer from symptoms of fever on 23 February. A day later, M were treated in hospitals for treatment and Dr. M Yunus. "Because cough, shortness of breath, and accompanied by a decrease in consciousness, then the case was transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU)," said Head of Public Communication at the Secretariat General of the Ministry of Health ( Ministry of Health), Murti Utami, in a written statement received by AFP on Friday (03/09/2012). | But unfortunately, the treatment is doing M is able to save his life. "Finally, M died on March 1, 2012, at 22:45 pm," said Utami.

Of these cases have been carried out epidemiological investigation into the victim's home and surrounding environment by the Integrated Team Ministry of Health, Public Health Service, and the local Animal Husbandry Department. The results show, the victim contracted the bird flu virus M of poultry. "Based on these investigations, obtained the possibility that the patient has risk factors for contact environments where there are sudden deaths of poultry in the neighborhood," said Utami. Thus, until recently there were 187 cases of bird flu in Indonesia since 2005. A total of 155 cases of which led to the death. | AT | DT |

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