The threat of spread of influenza is looming large in this region of the country as an influenza virus of the H3 type is proved to be active after death of a confirmed patient of influenza A (H3) at the Holy Family Hospital on October 30.
A male patient, Shahbaz, aged 30, was brought to the HFH on October 22 from Talagang with symptoms of influenza. The HFH administration sent his sample to the National Institute of Health, Islamabad, for viral serology that confirmed him positive for influenza A (H3), a variant of influenza A, on October 25. The patient remained on ventilator for nearly a week at the HFH and expired on October 30 because of the complications of the viral infection.
?We have notified all the concerned departments of the death of the patient with an influenza A variant,? said Chairman Infection Control Committee at HFH Dr. Javed Hayat while talking to ?The News? on Friday.
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A male patient, Shahbaz, aged 30, was brought to the HFH on October 22 from Talagang with symptoms of influenza. The HFH administration sent his sample to the National Institute of Health, Islamabad, for viral serology that confirmed him positive for influenza A (H3), a variant of influenza A, on October 25. The patient remained on ventilator for nearly a week at the HFH and expired on October 30 because of the complications of the viral infection.
?We have notified all the concerned departments of the death of the patient with an influenza A variant,? said Chairman Infection Control Committee at HFH Dr. Javed Hayat while talking to ?The News? on Friday.
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