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The examiner will have the last word but it appears that it was because of the cold: Epidemiologist
Health is to confirm the death of a woman cold Matamoros
03/02/2011 By: Chantal Mart?nez D?az
A consequence of low temperatures, Tamaulipas 60 people have been admitted to hospital with pneumonia were given 18 000 consultations per week and there have been two deaths, one in Matamoros still unconfirmed, as the Ministry of Health is awaiting opinion of the medical examiner.
Alfredo Rodr?guez Trujillo, state epidemiologist announced above after holding a virtual meeting with the Secretary of Health, Norberto Trevi?o Garc?a Manzo, the 8 heads of jurisdiction and representatives of advocacy, epidemiology and health prevention.
He said the first confirmed fatality was recorded in the municipality of Nuevo Laredo and Matamoros second.
In the latter case said it is a woman who still does not establish the actual causes of death, but everything indicates it was a result of the cold.
He added that the state health system is very attentive to the units and health centers have the supplies to supply the citizens who come to be addressed.
"We have worked closely to strengthen preventive measures to protect themselves within key recommendations are to avoid going outside, use proper clothing and avoiding wood fires in homes."
Reported across the state have 60 people hospitalized for pneumonia, but all that number of patients "are within the normal behavior is recorded in winter and has served at 100 percent."
Indicated that less than one percent of the 60 people have come to hospitals in serious conditions and only two patients are still very sensitive at the border.
"The average hospital stay require 7 to 10 days in the hospitals and given any integral management by general practitioners, but very few get in a serious condition and progress."
He added that weekly demand ranges from 16 to 18 thousand, "which is a number that has overtaken us, because we had the ability to deal with, to give treatment, however, cold fronts generate risks and is therefore People must be protected. "
Demand, about 3,600 are children under 5 years and represent about 20 percent, while a thousand 800 are over 60.
Therefore stressed that "it is important to treat patients at the extremes of life, because they are the greatest risk of dying."
He said that 30 percent of cases of respiratory illness was brought on the border, 20 percent in Tampico, the incidence and the population that favors the transmission, and 10 percent in Victoria.
Finally, rule out the presence of H1N1 influenza viruses through surveillance.