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    Bird flu outbreak in Indonesia kills 3 : Officials


    AFP

    Published: Wednesday, August 06, 2008
    MEDAN, Indonesia - Three people have died and 13 have been admitted to hospital with symptoms of bird flu in Indonesia, a nurse treating the patients said Wednesday.
    Officials and residents in Asahan district of North Sumatra province said villagers began showing symptoms of avian flu after a large number of chickens died suddenly last week.
    The nurse at Asahan district's Kisaran hospital said three people had died after suffering bird flu-like symptoms in Air Batu village.
    A worker selects chickens before sending them to the market from a poultry house in Jakarta Aug. 3. As of Aug. 6, three people have died and 13 have been admitted to hospital with symptoms of bird flu in Indonesia.

    Supri/Reuters

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    "According to residents there, a number of chickens died suddenly last week followed by several pigeons. Days later, three people died with the same ailments," the nurse, Mariana, told AFP.
    Another 13 people had been admitted to the hospital with "high temperatures and respiratory problems," she said.
    Two of these - a baby boy and a seven-year-old girl - were transferred early Wednesday to a bird flu isolation unit at Adam Malik hospital in the provincial capital of Medan, officials said.
    Adam Malik hospital spokesman Sinar Ginting confirmed that blood samples from the two children were sent Wednesday to a health ministry laboratory in Jakarta for analysis.
    "We are now waiting for the result," he said.
    The father of the baby boy, Slamet Riadi, said a lot of poultry had died in the village a week ago. His baby developed a high fever and respiratory problems shortly afterward.
    A spokeswoman for the health ministry could not be reached for comment.
    The ministry, which has stopped giving regular bird flu updates, announced earlier this week that the human toll from avian influenza in Indonesia had risen to 112 with the recent death of a 19-year-old man.
    The man was from a town adjoining the capital Jakarta on Java island.
    Indonesia is the country worst-hit by the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, which can be passed from bird to human.
    Experts fear it could mutate into a form easily transmissible between humans and kill millions in a global pandemic.


  • #2
    Re: Bird flu outbreak in Indonesia kills 3 : Officials

    Apparently the "official" quoted in the report is a nurse working in the hospital that is treating patients. We need more verification. It appears that officials from the health ministry are not responding.

    FluTrackers has sent an email to a contact in Indonesia for further clarification. We will publish what we find out as soon as we receive an answer.

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    • #3
      Re: Bird flu outbreak in Indonesia kills 3 : Officials

      Medan, on Wednesday -

      totalling 13 Air Batu villagers, Kecamatan Air Batu, Kabupaten Asahan, North Sumatra berstatus was expected by bird flu.

      Two from all over the patient underwent the maintenance in Space of Isolasi Rumah Sakit Umum Pusat Adam Malik Medan. The rest underwent the maintenance in the Daerah Public Hospital of shavings.

      The "side of RSUD Abdul Manan Asahan reconciled his two patients here."

      On Wednesday at dawn struck their 02,00 arrived. The two patients consisted of a male child and the woman, said public relations of RSUP Adam Malik of the Ginting rays, on Wednesday (6/8) when being encountered by the reporter.

      The rays said the condition for the two patients initially worrying. Both of them the fever, the temperature of the revolving body 38 to 39 levels celsius. Both of them also experienced breathless was accompanied by coughs.

      The team of the doctor who was led by Prof Dr Luhur Soeroso gave tamiflu and connected the patient's body with the infusion.

      Two patients who were meant to have the initials F (7) a woman and the male baby was 8 months old had the initials Ms. "Kedua this child remained neighbouring," said the rays.

      The team of the doctor, he said, has taken the photograph of the chest part, the sample of blood, as well as the sample of the throat liquid and the nose.

      The team took this sample totalling three times to be sent to the Centre of Departemen Research And Development of the RI Health in Jakarta.

      The community could know results of this testing at least one week after the sending.

      The rays said, two patients who underwent the maintenance never direct contact with the poultry. However one week beforehand near their house was received the poultry that suddenly died.

      The "Dinas official" of the "local Health tested the poultry and evidently positive was attacked by the virus H5N1," he said.


      As for 11 patients was suspected other bird flu underwent the special maintenance in RSUD Abdul Manan, Kisaran, Asahan.

      The official of the Intensive Care Unit (UGD) RSUD Abdul Manan, Ana, said, eleven other patients on behalf of RAPPING (5), IP (6), Spr (33), DY (5), the US (39), M. (32), D (32) Sdr (39), RM (8), and D (2).

      The "patient D was the last patient who entered this morning (on Wednesday 6/8)," said Ana.

      Last edited by Sally Furniss; August 6, 2008, 07:56 AM. Reason: update

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      • #4
        Re: Bird flu outbreak in Indonesia kills 3 : Officials

        <!-- Story Toolbar--> <!-- Story Header Block --> 3 dead in feared bird flu outbreak
        <!-- // .article-tools --> From correspondents in Medan
        August 06, 2008 10:00pm


        <!-- Lead Content Panel --> THREE people have died and 13 have been admitted to hospital with symptoms of bird flu in Indonesia.
        Officials and residents in Asahan district of North Sumatra province said villagers began showing symptoms of avian flu after a large number of chickens died suddenly last week.

        A nurse at Asahan district's Kisaran hospital said three people had died after suffering bird flu-like symptoms in Air Batu village.

        "According to residents there, a number of chickens died suddenly last week followed by several pigeons. Days later, three people died with the same ailments,'' the nurse, Mariana, said.

        Another 13 people had been admitted to the hospital with "high temperatures and respiratory problems,'' she said.

        Two of these - a baby boy and a seven-year-old girl - were transferred early today to a bird flu isolation unit at Adam Malik hospital in the provincial capital of Medan, officials said.

        Adam Malik hospital spokesman Sinar Ginting confirmed that blood samples from the two children were sent today to a health ministry laboratory in Jakarta for analysis.

        "We are now waiting for the result,'' he said.

        The father of the baby boy, Slamet Riadi, said a lot of poultry had died in the village a week ago. His baby developed a high fever and respiratory problems shortly afterward.

        A spokeswoman for the health ministry could not be reached for comment.

        The ministry, which has stopped giving regular bird flu updates, announced earlier this week that the human toll from avian influenza in Indonesia had risen to 112 with the recent death of a 19-year-old man.

        The man was from a town adjoining the capital Jakarta on Java island.

        Indonesia is the country worst-hit by the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, which can be passed from bird to human.

        Experts fear it could mutate into a form easily transmissible between humans and kill millions in a global pandemic.

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        • #5
          Re: Bird flu outbreak in Indonesia kills 3 : Officials

          The case of the assumption of bird flu was again found in Medan, North Sumatra.

          Today, two people who were expected flattest bird flu entered the Public Hospital of Pusat Adam Malik Medan.

          The two patients came from Air Batu, Kabupaten Asahan, North Sumatra.

          Both of them currently improve after by the medical team continued to be given tamiflu.

          The reporter Metro TV Andrea Sentanti reported, the two patients were Muhammad Sani Muflih, pre-schoolers were eight months old and Fadillah Hanum was seven years old.

          They arrived in RSUP Adam Malik struck 02,00 at dawn earlier.

          Currently, both of them were isolated in handling space suspect bird flu of RSUP Adam Malik.

          This in accordance with the reconciliation letter from the origin hospital of the two patients was treated, namely the Public Hospital of Daerah Abdul Manan, Kisaran.

          The assumption both of them flattest bird flu strengthened because according to one of the parents of the patient, in their territory remained at many chicken livestock that died suddenly.

          Moreover, in a last week, three local residents died. Originally they experienced breathless and hot high. According to Sublime parents, in their village was gotten by 10 people who experienced the same matter. And they are currently treated in RSUD Abdul Manan

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          • #6
            Re: Bird flu outbreak in Indonesia kills 3 : Officials

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            • #7
              Re: Bird flu outbreak in Indonesia kills 3 : Officials

              posted yesterday in the Bird Flu in Poultry/Animals thread:

              Pig livestock breeding disturbed the Resident Monday
              August 04 2008
              The resident Talang Dapok Kelurahan Air Batu Kecamatan Talang Kelapa restless. Every day, especially the afternoon and the night, the resident was offered the smell was not delicious that it was suspected came from pig livestock breeding regionalized this. Was smelly stang this in fact for a long time has been felt by us. However because of not daring to take our risk let, said Sum (37), the resident Talang Dapok. He said, the resident had visited pig livestock breeding, namun did not receive the clear answer. Not only pollution of air that was caused resulting from this pig livestock breeding, resulting from the waste of this livestock also to result in the emergence being varied the illness, like asthma and bird flu. "We asked for the government for active controlled efforts of the pig livestock." Because pig efforts were again inexact dilokasi densely-settled the inhabitants, said Sum. Observation of this newspaper, not not all that 100 pig livestock were maintained in Talang Dapok. Livestock breeding was belonging to this Korean resident carried out by his guard of Giro. I only was limited by the guard of the pig livestock. That had peternakan this Koreans, I was only told to be on duty at him, obviously Giro repeatedly.

              -snip-

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              • #9
                Re: Bird flu outbreak in Indonesia kills 3 : Officials

                We have heard back from our contact in Indonesia who is also watching this event. They stressed that these are suspected cases. We have no information about test results at this time. We will update this thread as we receive information.

                Thanks everyone.

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                • #10
                  Re: Bird flu outbreak in Indonesia kills 3 : Officials

                  Eleven more bird flu suspects detected in North Sumatra

                  The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Wed, 08/06/2008 8:22 PM | National
                  Eleven people from Air Batu village, Air Batu subdistrict, Asahan regency in North Sumatra, were taken to Asahan's Abdul Manan hospital early Wednesday after showing symptoms of avian
                  influenza, more commonly known as bird flu.
                  Two patients were later admitted to Medan's Adam Malik Hospital for further treatment, while the other 11 were still undergoing treatment at Abdul Manan hospital.
                  "Two patients from Abdul Manan hospital, a seven-year-old girl and an eight-month-old baby boy, arrived here at 2 a.m.," Adam Malik Hospital spokesman Sinar Ginting told Kompas.com on Wednesday.
                  Sinar said the two patients were in a "critical" condition, with a high fever, serious respiratory problems and a cough.
                  The two patients, he said, had no history of direct contact with chickens but a week earlier chickens around their neighborhood had died suddenly.
                  "Officials from the local health agency have examined the chickens and found they were positively infected with H5N1 virus," Ginting said.
                  Ginting said a team of doctors led by Dr Luhur Soeroso had provided all appropriate treatment to the patients, who are being held for further tests even though they are only suspected of having the disease. (**)

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                  • #11
                    Re: Bird flu outbreak in Indonesia kills 3 : Officials

                    Rabu, 06 Agustus 2008 17:10 WIB

                    The case of the assumption of bird flu was again found in Medan, North Sumatra. Today, two people who were expected flattest bird flu entered the Public Hospital of Pusat Adam Malik Medan. The two patients came from Air Batu, Kabupaten Asahan, North Sumatra. Both of them currently improve after by the medical team continued to be given tamiflu. The reporter Metro TV Andrea Sentanti reported, the two patients were Muhammad Sani Muflih, pre-schoolers were eight months old and Fadillah Hanum was seven years old. They arrived in RSUP Adam Malik struck 02,00 at dawn earlier. Currently, both of them were isolated in handling space suspect bird flu of RSUP Adam Malik. This in accordance with the reconciliation letter from the origin hospital of the two patients was treated, namely the Public Hospital of Daerah Abdul Manan, Kisaran. The assumption both of them flattest bird flu strengthened because according to one of the parents of the patient, in their territory remained at many chicken livestock that died suddenly. Moreover, in a last week, three local residents died. Originally they experienced breathless and hot high. According to Sublime parents, in their village was gotten by 10 people who experienced the same matter. And they are currently treated in RSUD Abdul Manan.

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                    • #12
                      Re: Bird flu outbreak in Indonesia kills 3 : Officials

                      Aug 6, 2008
                      3 dead in feared bird flu outbreak in Indonesia: officials

                      MEDAN (Indonesia) - THREE people have died and 13 have been admitted to hospital with symptoms of bird flu in Indonesia, a nurse treating the patients said on Wednesday.
                      Officials and residents in Asahan district of North Sumatra province said villagers began showing symptoms of avian flu after a large number of chickens died suddenly last week.

                      The nurse at Asahan district's Kisaran hospital said three people had died after suffering bird flu-like symptoms in Air Batu village.

                      'According to residents there, a number of chickens died suddenly last week followed by several pigeons. Days later, three people died with the same ailments,' the nurse, Mariana, said.

                      Another 13 people had been admitted to the hospital with 'high temperatures and respiratory problems,' she said.

                      Two of these - a baby boy and a seven-year-old girl - were transferred early Wednesday to a bird flu isolation unit at Adam Malik hospital in the provincial capital of Medan, officials said.

                      Adam Malik hospital spokesman Sinar Ginting confirmed that blood samples from the two children were sent Wednesday to a health ministry laboratory in Jakarta for analysis.

                      'We are now waiting for the result,' he said.

                      The father of the baby boy, Slamet Riadi, said a lot of poultry had died in the village a week ago. His baby developed a high fever and respiratory problems shortly afterward.

                      A spokesman for the health ministry could not be reached for comment.

                      -snip-

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                      • #13
                        Re: Bird flu outbreak in Indonesia kills 3 : Officials

                        Bird flu became an epidemic, the Air Batu Resident To Evaculate

                        Air Batu villagers, Kecamatan Air Batu, Kabupaten Asahan fled because worried was attacked by the bird flu virus that was spreading in their village. After dozens of sudden poultries were killed, this Sunday 13 residents berstatus was expected by bird flu. Two from 13 patients on behalf of Ms (8 months) and F (7) underwent the maintenance in Space of Isolasi Rumah Sakit Umum Pusat Adam Malik, Medan. When being met in parents of the patient Ms, Slamet Riyadi (31) said the resident in his village in the condition for the fear. Two weeks beforehand, three residents in his village died the too serious fever. Not old at intervals of, dozens of poultries were killed.

                        The resident was increasingly gripped by the fear when results of the testing of local Livestock Breeding of the Service stated the poultry in the village was positive bird flu. The reason the resident decided to evacuate their relative, tertuama children to the other village. In spite of that Slamet that wanted to place his one child to your house him. "We had not known what happened." Moreover the matter of bird flu. All of us worried had anything, said Slamet. Gradually even more of his villagers who were sick. Whereas the extermination of the poultry in his village was not yet equitable to all the owners of the poultry. To the end his child took part in being sick.

                        The condition for his child was increasingly serious for the last one weeks. Beforehand he brought Ms to the health clinic of property PT Perkebunan Indonesian Archipelago (PTPN) IV in Asahan. However his child's fever has not still recovered. When undergoing the maintenance in RSUD Abdul Manan in the Range of his child in the critical condition. The temperature of his body achieved 39 to 40 levels celsius. "His face was pale, his body cramps," he said.http://www.kompas.com/read/xml/2008/...batu.mengungsi.
                        Last edited by Commonground; August 6, 2008, 09:46 AM. Reason: fixed translation

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                        • #14
                          Re: Bird flu outbreak in Indonesia kills 3 : Officials

                          It seems to me that this place is not the same as the other place mentioned....

                          " PT Perkebunan Indonesian Archipelago (PTPN) IV in Asahan"

                          I have RSUD Modul Manan, Kisaren, Asahan (Daerah Public Hospital).

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                          • #15
                            Re: Bird flu outbreak in Indonesia kills 3 : Officials

                            Flu Burung Serang Asahan

                            Totalling 13 Air Batu villagers, Kecamatan Air Batu, Kabupaten Asahan, North Sumatra berstatus was expected by bird flu. Two from all over the patient underwent the maintenance in Space of Isolasi Rumah Sakit Umum Pusat Adam Malik Medan. The rest underwent the maintenance in the Daerah Public Hospital of shavings. The "side of RSUD Abdul Manan Asahan reconciled his two patients here." On Wednesday at dawn struck their 02,00 arrived. The two patients consisted of a male child and the woman, said public relations of RSUP Adam Malik of the Ginting rays, on Wednesday (6/8) when being encountered by the reporter.

                            The rays said the condition for the two patients initially worrying. Both of them the fever, the temperature of the revolving body 38 to 39 levels celsius. Both of them also experienced breathless was accompanied by coughs. The team of the doctor who was led by Prof Dr Luhur Soeroso gave tamiflu and connected the patient's body with the infusion. Two patients who were meant to have the initials F (7) a woman and the male baby was 8 months old had the initials Ms. "Kedua this child remained neighbouring," said the rays. The team of the doctor, he said, has taken the photograph of the chest part, the sample of blood, as well as the sample of the throat liquid and the nose. The team took this sample totalling three times to be sent to the Centre of Departemen Research And Development of the RI Health in Jakarta. The community could know results of this testing at least one week after the sending.

                            The rays said, two patients who underwent the maintenance never direct contact with the poultry. However one week beforehand near their house was received the poultry that suddenly died. The "Dinas official" of the "local Health tested the poultry and evidently positive was attacked by the virus H5N1," he said. As for 11 patients was suspected other bird flu underwent the special maintenance in RSUD Abdul Manan, Kisaran, Asahan. The official of the Intensive Care Unit (UGD) RSUD Abdul Manan, Ana, said, eleven other patients on behalf of RAPPING (5), IP (6), Spr (33), DY (5), the US (39), M. (32), D (32) Sdr (39), RM (8), and D (2). The "patient D was the last patient who entered this morning (on Wednesday 6/8)," said Ana.

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