Portuguese to English translation
Influenza A is the second victim
H1N1 virus has led to the hospitalization of 26 people, six of them seriously. Seasonal disease clogs Emergency hospitals.
By: Alexander Panda / S?nia Yellowhammer / SC / LE / AP
The influenza virus A (H1N1) did yesterday the second victim in Portugal since September 2010. The Deputy Director General of Health, Grace Davis, confirmed the death of CM to a woman of 51 years with comorbidities and was not vaccinated, although it has indicated to receive seasonal vaccine - consisting of three virus strains, including the influenza A.
Influenza cases have thrown into chaos Emergency hospital north and south of the country, with patients to wait more than six hours for care. The unresponsiveness of health centers has led to increased demand for hospital services.
The first death associated with the pandemic was a man of 37 years, also with other diseases, in late 2010. Since September - beginning of flu season - the H1N1 has forced the hospitalization of 26 people, six of them in intensive care. However, the predominant circulating virus is B that has killed a 19 year-old apparently healthy. Seasonal influenza kills between Portuguese from 1500 to 2000 per year, mostly elderly. In Portugal, the Ministry of Health recorded 69 deaths due to H1N1 in 2009.
Currently, hospitals are receiving patients with two types of flu. "We have two circulating viruses, A and B. The first attacks more young people, although we are not sure that it is the H1N1 virus, because they are analyzed only those cases with associated problems. The second attack the more elderly," Grace Freitas explains. The official stressed that nothing has occurred that indicates a mutation of the H1N1 virus that makes it more dangerous.
The rush to hospitals has forced users to wait hours. "I've never seen anything like it. I spent six hours in hospital. The doctors do what they can, but I had to reinforce the teams." The outburst is John Smith, a resident in Matosinhos and that was when Pedro Hispano Hospital to treat the flu. Hospital source told the CM that the ER receive on average 200 patients a day, but since the beginning of the week, services are treating 350 patients per day.
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continues at; http://www.cmjornal.xl.pt/detalhe/no...tima-220222750
Influenza A is the second victim
H1N1 virus has led to the hospitalization of 26 people, six of them seriously. Seasonal disease clogs Emergency hospitals.
By: Alexander Panda / S?nia Yellowhammer / SC / LE / AP
The influenza virus A (H1N1) did yesterday the second victim in Portugal since September 2010. The Deputy Director General of Health, Grace Davis, confirmed the death of CM to a woman of 51 years with comorbidities and was not vaccinated, although it has indicated to receive seasonal vaccine - consisting of three virus strains, including the influenza A.
Influenza cases have thrown into chaos Emergency hospital north and south of the country, with patients to wait more than six hours for care. The unresponsiveness of health centers has led to increased demand for hospital services.
The first death associated with the pandemic was a man of 37 years, also with other diseases, in late 2010. Since September - beginning of flu season - the H1N1 has forced the hospitalization of 26 people, six of them in intensive care. However, the predominant circulating virus is B that has killed a 19 year-old apparently healthy. Seasonal influenza kills between Portuguese from 1500 to 2000 per year, mostly elderly. In Portugal, the Ministry of Health recorded 69 deaths due to H1N1 in 2009.
Currently, hospitals are receiving patients with two types of flu. "We have two circulating viruses, A and B. The first attacks more young people, although we are not sure that it is the H1N1 virus, because they are analyzed only those cases with associated problems. The second attack the more elderly," Grace Freitas explains. The official stressed that nothing has occurred that indicates a mutation of the H1N1 virus that makes it more dangerous.
The rush to hospitals has forced users to wait hours. "I've never seen anything like it. I spent six hours in hospital. The doctors do what they can, but I had to reinforce the teams." The outburst is John Smith, a resident in Matosinhos and that was when Pedro Hispano Hospital to treat the flu. Hospital source told the CM that the ER receive on average 200 patients a day, but since the beginning of the week, services are treating 350 patients per day.
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continues at; http://www.cmjornal.xl.pt/detalhe/no...tima-220222750
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