MALACCA: Although the state health authorities are still investigating the illness of the Year Five pupil who slipped into a coma here, the boy's school has issued a notice claiming he was suspected to be infected with H1N1.
Malacca Health Department deputy director (Public Health) Dr Rusdi Abd Rahman said the boy had been suffering from meningitis prior to falling into a coma.
"We are still in the midst of identifying what caused him to fall ill," he said yesterday.
A statement from the state education director's office said the 11-year-old boy was treated at Malacca Hospital on April 9 and transferred to the Intensive Care Unit of a private hospital the next day.
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Malacca Health Department deputy director (Public Health) Dr Rusdi Abd Rahman said the boy had been suffering from meningitis prior to falling into a coma.
"We are still in the midst of identifying what caused him to fall ill," he said yesterday.
A statement from the state education director's office said the 11-year-old boy was treated at Malacca Hospital on April 9 and transferred to the Intensive Care Unit of a private hospital the next day.
http://yourhealth.asiaone.com/conten...ed-having-h1n1
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