Banjarmasin hospital treats bird flu suspects

Five employees of a restaurant in Banjarmasin have been treated at Ulin Hospital in the city for allegedly being infected with the H1N1 flu virus.

“We have put them in our isolation ward. They all look fine though,” said the hospital spokesperson, M Yusuf, on Friday.

Yusuf said the patients were admitted to the hospital on Thursday night. “They are suspected to have an H1N1 influenza like illness,” he said.

The employees, aged between 17 to 21 years old, work at the same place and share a house in Jl. Gatot Subroto, Banjarmasin.

The hospital has also examined 23 other employees of the restaurant.