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  • 2nd A/H1N1 death reported in Portugal

    Source: http://ultimahora.publico.clix.pt/no...507&idCanal=62

    Google translation:

    Diogo Alvim
    Candidate of the CDS-PP Board of Our?m died with influenza A

    26/09/2009 - 18:12 Lusa, PUBLIC
    The candidate of the CDS-PP's city hall Our?m castelino Diogo Alvim, died today at the Curry Cabral Hospital, Lisbon, where he was hospitalized after contracting influenza A (H1N1).

    Diogo Alvim is the second person infected with influenza A dying in Portugal. Paulo Portas, Chairman of CSD-PP, says she deeply regrets the death of a man "who had an unusual sympathy and ability to listen to his countrymen, whatever their ideology, generation, or economic status."

    Was the candidate of the CDS-PP councilor in Our?m, Nuno Prazeres, who first put forward the news to the Lusa. Castelino Diogo Alvim, lawyer, was 49 years. And since he was hospitalized on 25 August.

    In a press conference, the management of clinical Curry Cabral did not confirm the identity of the patient who died that health unit.

    Concei??o Loureiro, clinical director, said only that the man was a victim of pneumonia caused by influenza A virus (H1N1), with multiple organ failure. And that from the first day of admission showed a "very reserved prognosis.

    Lu?s Mour?o, Director of Intensive Care Unit of the Curry Cabral, also said that the patient no longer had any health problems.

    On Wednesday, a patient admitted to the Hospital de Santo Ant?nio, in Oporto, died with a "abdominal infection and bacterial pneumonia. Was also infected with H1N1 but, according to doctors, the cause of death was not the flu. Anyway, the case was reported to the World Health Organization

    Today, the Health Minister, Ana Jorge, recalled that "the occurrence of deaths due to infection with H1N1 is expected." And found that the measures being taken are appropriate.

    Diogo Alvim


    Candidato do CDS-PP ? C?mara de Our?m morreu com gripe A


    26.09.2009 - 18h12 Lusa, P?BLICO

    O candidato do CDS-PP ? C?mara Municipal de Our?m, Diogo Castelino Alvim, morreu hoje no Hospital Curry Cabral, em Lisboa, onde estava internado ap?s ter contra?do gripe A (H1N1).

    Diogo Alvim ? a segunda pessoa infectada com a gripe A a morrer em Portugal. Paulo Portas, presidente do CSD-PP, diz que lamenta profundamente a morte de um homem "que tinha uma invulgar simpatia e capacidade de ouvir os seus conterr?neos, fosse qual fosse a sua ideologia, gera??o ou condi??o econ?mica".

    Foi o candidato do CDS-PP ? Assembleia Municipal de Our?m, Nuno Prazeres, quem primeiro avan?ou com a not?cia ? Lusa. Diogo Castelino Alvim, advogado, tinha 49 anos. E estava internado desde o dia 25 de Agosto.

    Em confer?ncia de imprensa, a direc??o cl?nica do Curry Cabral n?o confirmou a identidade do doente que morreu naquela unidade de sa?de.

    Concei??o Loureiro, directora cl?nica, explicou apenas que o homem foi v?tima de uma pneumonia provocada pelo v?rus da gripe A (H1N1), com fal?ncia multiorg?nica. E que desde o primeiro dia de internamento apresentava um ?progn?stico muito reservado?.

    Lu?s Mour?o, director da Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos do Curry Cabral, adiantou ainda que o doente n?o tinha mais nenhum problema de sa?de.

    Na quarta-feira, um doente internado no Hospital de Santo Ant?nio, no Porto, morreu com uma "infec??o abdominal bacteriana e pneumonia". Tamb?m estava infectado com o H1N1 mas, segundo os m?dicos, a causa da morte n?o foi a gripe. Seja como for, o caso foi comunicado ? Organiza??o Mundial de Sa?de.

    Hoje, a ministra da Sa?de, Ana Jorge, lembrou que "a ocorr?ncia de mortes devido ? infec??o com o H1N1 ? esperada". E considerou que as medidas que est?o a ser tomadas s?o as adequadas.
    Last edited by Gert van der Hoek; September 27, 2009, 01:51 PM. Reason: Add originial for Portugese readers from Twitter
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