Friday, March 2, 2012

Indonesia: ird Flu Contingency Critical Patients

MARCH 2, 2012
TEMPO.CO , Bandung - Patients suspected bird flu in Hasan Sadikin Hospital, Bandung, At, 42, is still critical. Spokesman Tim Special Infections, dr. Primal Sudjana, said three patients suffered organ failure. "His condition is not better than yesterday," said Primal the hospital, Friday, March 2, 2012. Patients suffering from kidney failure, liver, and breath.In order to improve kidney function, doctors increased the number of platelets up to 29 thousand. "Upon entering, platelet count only seven thousand. Normally healthy people 150 thousand platelets," he said. As for help breathing, the patient is fitted with a respirator .According Primal, patients suffering from high fever since 23 February.General practitioner had examined and treated daily at Immanuel Hospital, patients from Margasari, Bandung was then referred to Hasan Sadikin Hospital on February 29. "Symptoms are severe pneumonia," he said. Patients reportedly had contact with birds died two months ago.Bandung City Health Department officials are still tracing the truth of the information. "So far information contact with poultry still be explored today because of family pass is panic," said Head of Monitoring Disease Section of the City Health Office Bandung, Yorisa Sativa. Earlier, on February 7, 2012, a suspected bird flu from the city of Bandung, SA, 43, died after being admitted to a day in the RS Hasan Sadikin. From the results of laboratory examination, the patient died not because of bird flu, but caused severe lung infection that continues with respiratory failure and organ function.

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