Monday, October 10, 2011

Two Boy Dies Due to Bird Flu

Monday, October 10, 2011 | 13:36 pm
TEMPO Interactive, Denpasar - Wayan Aldiawan, 10 years, and Nengah Ani Rica, 5 years, from Tembuku Village, Bangli, Bali, allegedly died from bird flu, early Monday, October 10, 2011. The bodies of the brothers are still stored at the General Hospital Center for Sanglah.

Nyoman Bali's Chief Medical Officer Suteja said it fielded a team into the field. "There is a history of contact with dead chickens," he said. As already showing symptoms of decline in health condition, the family did not immediately took him to the hospital and instead hide. "This is what makes the condition worse," he said.
A somewhat confusing, chickens that died at home the boys were brothers after testing negative results. Therefore, it asked residents to increase their vigilance to immediately report the dead chickens unreasonably
Secretary of H5N1 Avian Disease Prevention Team RS Sanglah I Gusti Bagus Ken Wirasandi said during a hospital admission on Friday, October 7, 2011, both patients had decreased consciousness and a ventilator. The case this time is the second case of bird flu had attacked Bali in 2007. At that time there are 46 suspected bird flu patients, 2 patients of whom eventually died and tested positive for H5N1.

For the handling of bird flu, Bali today still have a stock of about 3,000 Tami flu tablets, 2,000 tablets of which are stored in Sanglah Hospital. But he warned tamiflu optimal only in the first 24 hours after a person suspected of bird flu. Because it is so there are no symptoms leading to bird flu, people should be quickly reported.

SWEP throat and blood samples of both victims have been sent to Balitbang Department of Health and has been confirmed H5N1 positive. This was confirmed by laboratory results Sanglah Hospital and Udayana University biomolecular laboratories. Laboratory tests in the form of PCR (polymerase chain reaction) by taking SWEP throat.
Screening also includes the serial photographs of the victims lungs conducted once every six hours and showed progression of the deteriorating and positively infected by H5N1 virus.http://www.tempointeraktif.com/hg/nusa_lainnya/2011/10/10/brk,20111010-360681,id.html

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