Lampung – Abdoel Moeloek hospital (RSUAM) received another bird flu suspect. The 1.4-year-old patient, IF, is a resident of Kecamatan Punduh Pidada, Kabupaten Pesawaran.
Vice Director of RSUAM, dr Pad Dilangga, mentioned that several chickens found died around patient’s house. IF was admitted to RSUAM because he developed fever and breathing difficulty. Hospital began to treat him as bird flu suspect patient after they found out about the history of dead chickens around victim’s house. IF is currently treated at isolation unit for bird flu patient in RSUAM, and receiving Tamiflu administration.
“His condition is improving, and we have sent the blood and saliva samples to Research and Development Laboratory, Ministry of Health in Jakarta”, said Pad Dilangga.
IF is the second bird flu suspect patients, who are being treated at RSUAM, within these last 10 days. Previously, RSUAM has treated M (14), resident of Kecamatan Jatiagung, South Lampung.
Contrary to IF, M was reported to have cooked and consumed sudden dead chickens which were found nearby his house.
Meanwhile, the hospital is still waiting for the test result, which will be issued on Friday (10/7).
Source: Indonesia newspaper, Mata News.
http://matanews.com/2009/07/09/suspect-flu-burung-di-lampung/
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