Romania: First tick bite victim dies in Sibiu
17. May 2012. | 07:23
Source: Pioneer-Investors.com
Former ethnic German journalist Rudy Kamla is the first Sibiu local to die from several complications, among which paralysis and blindness, after having been bitten by a tick four years ago, director of the Local Labour Inspector's Office, Francisk Torok, a friend of the victim, told Agerpres.
Former ethnic German journalist Rudy Kamla is the first Sibiu local to die from several complications, among which paralysis and blindness, after having been bitten by a tick four years ago, director of the Local Labour Inspector's Office, Francisk Torok, a friend of the victim, told Agerpres.
'I regret I have to break such news. After having learned of what happened to my friend, I decided to start an information and prevention campaign among the personnel exposed to the risk of tick bite, in Sibiu, a week ago', Torok said.
Head of the Infectious Diseases Department at the Sibiu County Emergency Clinical Hospital, Dr. Victora Birlutiu, told Agerpres: 'The tick bite causing Lyme disease can lead to neurological complications and the proof of this is a Sibiu ranger who paralysed three years ago, and to death'.
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17. May 2012. | 07:23
Source: Pioneer-Investors.com
Former ethnic German journalist Rudy Kamla is the first Sibiu local to die from several complications, among which paralysis and blindness, after having been bitten by a tick four years ago, director of the Local Labour Inspector's Office, Francisk Torok, a friend of the victim, told Agerpres.
Former ethnic German journalist Rudy Kamla is the first Sibiu local to die from several complications, among which paralysis and blindness, after having been bitten by a tick four years ago, director of the Local Labour Inspector's Office, Francisk Torok, a friend of the victim, told Agerpres.
'I regret I have to break such news. After having learned of what happened to my friend, I decided to start an information and prevention campaign among the personnel exposed to the risk of tick bite, in Sibiu, a week ago', Torok said.
Head of the Infectious Diseases Department at the Sibiu County Emergency Clinical Hospital, Dr. Victora Birlutiu, told Agerpres: 'The tick bite causing Lyme disease can lead to neurological complications and the proof of this is a Sibiu ranger who paralysed three years ago, and to death'.
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