Bird flu suspect dies in Semarang
The Jakarta Post | Fri, 11/07/2008 5:16 PM
A teenager suspected of suffering from bird flu died on Friday after being hospitalized for four days at the Kariadi public hospital, Semarang, Central Java.
The 15-year old local Semarang girl has been identified as D.S.
A physician attending D.S., Agus Suryanto, said that the cause of death was a respiratory failure after suffering from fever exceeding 39 Celsius degree.
"There was a chance that she got infected by bird flu as she had been living nearby a chicken abattoir,” Agus said as quoted by
kompas.com.
He said that the hospital had taken and diagnosed a blood sample from the patient but had yet to know the result of the test. (ewd)
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