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Warn against pneumonia
Continuing health problems due to low temperatures, the Ministry of Health recommended to protect minors from pneumonia.

Mon, 15/02/2010 - 18:08

Health recommends protecting minors from pneumonia. Photo: Julio NeveroCiudad Victoria .- The Health Department recommended that parents not expose their children to the low temperatures recorded throughout Tamaulipas.

Juan Guillermo Manzur Arzola stated that if the thermometer hits five degrees Celsius or so we recommend you that children do not leave the house.

After going to know that so far this winter there have been 74 cases of pneumonia of whom 71 patients are hospitalized even the head of the agency in reference did not rule out the possibility that the numbers increase with the prolongation the cold for this area of the republic.

Arzola Manzur also referred to vaccination that takes place between people of the dose against influenza A (H1N1) and revealed that it has implemented 70 per cent of 115 thousand human influenza vaccines.

Finally the federation indicated that resources allocated for health item in the order of 85 million pesos, of which 40 percent will be for salaries of workers, 30 percent for drugs, 20 percent for promotion health and 10 per cent for operation area hospitals.

Juan Antonio Rodriguez / MMTV Victoria