Bekasi resident allegedly dies of bird flu
The Jakarta Post, Bekasi | Sat, 02/28/2009 7:35 PM
An eight-year-old Bekasi resident died Saturday morning after being hospitalized at Persahabatan Hospital in East Jakarta with symptoms that link the case to bird flu,
kompas.com reports.
The Bekasi health agency's head of disease control Rudi Ruhdiat said And, a resident of Sukaraya village, had been buried this afternoon.
And was taken to Persahabatan Hospital Saturday morning after undergoing treatment at Annisa Hospital in Cikarang since Friday night.
Doctors said the child had been suffering from pneumonia, fever and coughing. Family members reported some chickens had died and were buried around his home.
And's death was the second in the village this month alone; the first death was reported early in February. (ewd)
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