15th & 16th A/H1N1 death reported in Thailand

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Source: http://health.asiaone.com/Health/New...11-154166.html

Thai H1N1 toll rises to 15
Sat, Jul 11, 2009
The Nation/ANN

The new strain of influenza claimed the 15th fatality, a 63-year-old woman in Samut Prakarn who had heart disease.

The woman succumbed to the flu after being admitted to a hospital in Samut Prakarn.

The 14th fatality was a Mor 5 student who died in a Khon Kaen hospital.

The student of Maha Sarakam province came to Bangkok recently to attend an examination and developed high fever. The student then was admitted to the Khon Kaen hospital and succumbed the flu.

The 13th victim was a 45-year-old man which had high fever for five days before being sent to a Bangkok hospital on July 6. He died Thursday.

A traffic police also died earlier on Thursday from the new strain of influenza.

The police whose name was not revealed was traffic police of Bang Na police station.

He succumbed to the flu on Thursday after being admitted to Police Hospital. He had also suffered from complication of kidney failure.

Thai Public Health Ministry on Thursday reported 211 new cases of the flu, bringing number of the cases in the country to 2,725.45.

--The Nation/Asia News Network

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Re: 15th & 16th A/H1N1 death reported in Thailand

Source: http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingn...ent-dies-today

Another swine flu patient dies today

By: BangkokPost.com
Published: 11/07/2009 at 04:23 PM

Another patient in Ayutthaya had died from A (H1N1) influenza virus, raising the country?s flu fatalities to 16, Rattanachai Jullaneth, chief of Ayutthaya public health office, disclosed late afternoon on Saturday.

Doctor Rattanachai said the latest flu victim, 45, male, was admitted to Ayutthaya hospital last Wednesday. He was then in a critical condition suffering from pneumonia and kidney failure. A team of doctors tried to save his life by giving him the antiviral drug oseltamivir and washing his kidney, but they had failed.

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Re: 15th & 16th A/H1N1 death reported in Thailand

Source: http://enews.mcot.net/view.php?id=10730


Patient with multiple diseases, including H1N1 virus, dies in Ayutthaya
BANGKOK, July 11 (TNA) - A 45-year-old Thai man suffering from several diseases, including Influenza A(H1N1), died in hospital in the central province of Ayutthaya on Saturday, said Dr. Paichit Varachit, deputy permanent secretary for Public Health.

Dr. Paichit said the victim was admitted Monday with multiple indicators including high fever, pneumonia, high blood pressure, leptospirosis and had also contracted the Influenza A(H1N1) virus.

The actual cause of his death would be known in about one week as autopsy will be performed, Dr. Paichit added.

The ministry earlier Saturday announced that the number of Thailand?s Influenza A (H1N1) virus patients increased by another 157 persons, raising the cumulative total of those who had contracted the disease to 3,228. (TNA)

General News : Last Update : 16:26:23 11 July 2009 (GMT+7:00)