Guatemala: yellow alert in San Juan de Dios and Roosvelt hospitals for flu A H1N1 - two deaths

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The spokesman of the Hospital Saint John of God, Rony Veliz, told that from the midday the yellow institutional alert was activated because a case of the flu was identified A (H1N1), while there exist seven supposed cases, which patients are in areas of isolation.

' There is a person who gave positive and who is in the intensive one of the hospital ', it recounted Veliz.

' They detected to themselves seven suspicious cases of AH1N1 and sent to him the studies to the Center of Epidemiologia of the Department of Health to determine if the cases give positive ', expressed Veliz.

The whole personnel meets masks and it is prohibited to be greeted of kiss or of hand.

A specific doctor exists to attend to the patients who come with respiratory problems, from what it classifies them under a special area.

The persons who have no matters for treating in the hospital will be withdrawn.

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Re: Guatemala: yellow alert in Hospital San Juan de Dios for flu A H1N1

The official remembered that there is a case confirmed of this illness, and eight in study, but he made sure that he can get ready with basic measurements of hygiene.

Jos? del Busto, the director of the Integral System of Health, pointed out that the virus is resistant and can survive up to eight hours on dry surfaces, from what it is not advisable that uses the sleeve of the shirt or smock to cover the mouth on having coughed or having sneezed.

Confirmed case

Fernando Solares, executive director of the Hospital Saint John of God, confirmed that a 52-year-old patient suffers of A (H1N1) and that they evaluate four children and four adults for suspicion that they contracted this flu.

P?rez said that in the next 24 hours they will join the country two thousand doses of vaccines of Tamifl?, which will give in loan Venezuela.

These doses will be used for patients' treatment that present symptoms of the illness and in 6-year-old minors.

In two weeks there will come to the country 410 thousand vaccines that they will buy to him to the Pan-American Office of the Health, because of US$3 for dose.

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Re: Guatemala: yellow alert in Hospital San Juan de Dios for flu A H1N1

52-Year-old man is the first fatal victim of virus A (H1N1)


The director of Hospital San Juan de Dios, Fernando Solares, confirmed the death of the patient who died during the early hours of Friday in an area isolated from the care center.

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Re: Guatemala: yellow alert in Hospital San Juan de Dios for flu A H1N1 - one death

Two Guatemalans die due to influenza A (H1N1)


Guatemala, 9 mar (PL) two Guatemalans died in this capital as a result of the influenza A (H1N1) health sector sources reported today.

Deaths occurred in major hospitals of Guatemala, San Juan de Dios and Roosevelt, both for adult persons, 52 and 59 years of age. At the Roosevelt stays in intensive care another infected, while a medical student that made practices at the Centre was confirmed positive, but it is guarded in his house because symptoms do not develop in a dangerous manner. According to the Minister of public health and Social Welfare, Francisco Arredondo, are waiting for the income from two thousand doses of the drug Tamifl? Venezuela to combat the evil.

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