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**Treyfish** · May 12, 2013, 04:54 AM

Re: Eight death in Al-Ahsa by new coronavirus

"Health" held a conference today to reveal the list of the injured and the dead virus "Corona"

05-12-2013 07:26 AM
Rebounds - Ahsa News
Expected to be held and the Minister of Health Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabiah, a press conference today, "Sunday," which reveals an update on the virus, "Corona", which appeared officially announced about 10 days ago.

And announce Dr. "Rabia" during the conference, an update to the list of the injured and the dead, where he is still the number of people on the white family in Al-Ahsa hospitals private and public, while still a number of suspected cases awaiting the arrival of the results of laboratory analyzes of Riyadh and Jeddah.

The Ministry of Health has revealed the death of a citizen (69 years) after being infected with HIV, "Corona", as Gebha death after a month of Mlazemtha bed in a hospital in the province of Al-Ahsa, while visiting delegation from the World Health Organization hospitals Ahsa, which recorded the death of 8 people, add to 13 patients infected officially announced.

http://www.hasanews.com/news.php?action=show&id=34401

**sharon sanders** · May 12, 2013, 06:36 AM

Re: Eighth death in Al-Ahsa by new coronavirus

Is this a totally new patient and death? I believe there is not a previously known woman, 69, with new coronavirus.

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**Treyfish** · May 12, 2013, 08:00 AM

Re: Saudi Arabia - Media reports of 8th death in Al-Ahsa by new coronavirus

RIYADH (Reuters) - Two more people have died from novel coronavirus, a new strain of the virus similar to the one that caused SARS, in an outbreak in al-Ahsa region of Saudi Arabia, the deputy health minister for public health said on Sunday.

Ziad Memish said that in the latest cluster of infections, 15 cases had been confirmed, and nine of those patients had died.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/health...,1937226.story

**sharon sanders** · May 12, 2013, 08:10 AM

Re: Saudi Arabia - Media reports of 8th death in Al-Ahsa by new coronavirus

machine translation

Statement by HE the Minister of Health about the latest developments in HIV Corona Kingdom
July 02, 1434
The Ministry of Health, out of transparency with citizens, customers and the community at large and the media, confirms that since the diagnosis of the first case of infected (Corona typical) New, who belongs to the family virus (Corona), the ministry to inform everyone of all professional and transparent, and continued to initiate the publication of all cases which is confirmed diagnosis, and since the discovery of the virus mysterious ministry has to communicate with experts at home and abroad and with the World Health Organization, and invited experts from Columbia University to participate in the field survey and environmental; access to scientific results contribute to the prevention of this disease, as the ministry invite relevant experts from Canada, America and the World Health Organization (WHO) for all actions carried out by the Ministry of Health, including visiting hospitals and patients, and access to their files and communicate with all professional health workers.

We have reached the number of infected cases of this disease in the Kingdom since the month of Shawwal 1433 AH, corresponding to the month of September 2012 until this time to the 24 cases 15 cases have died - may God have mercy on them and Ngmayorm rest in peace - with the consolation and all the employees of the ministry to their loved ones and their families.

It is the follow-up cases, it turns out that the symptoms of the disease is the high temperature and cough, followed by severe pneumonia affecting both lungs, and the diagnosis is made by taking a sample of the course of the respiratory tract fluids, showing that most of the cases have chronic diseases lead to poor patient's immune.

A study of cases found indications of transmission of the virus to the contacts close, but the way the transition and source of the virus is unknown up to this time, and continues to work seriously for further research and survey and study; access to facts confirmed enable the Ministry to inform the citizens and the community for all to achieve their security and safety , and we are optimistic, God willing.
And will continue to cooperate with the World Health Organization and the houses of national and international experience to achieve the safety and health of this nation and its citizens valued customers and society as a whole.
We call upon everyone the need to follow the general guidelines for the prevention of influenza viruses of personal hygiene, wash your hands, stay away from the injured. The ministry will Twavicm any developments.

Peace be upon you and God's mercy and blessings.

وزارة الصحة السعودية

http://www.moh.gov.sa/Ministry/MediaCenter/News/Pages/NEWS-2013-05-12-002.aspx

تعد بوابة وزارة الصحة السعودية واجهة إعلامية إلكترونية لنشر معلومات صحية دقيقة ومدخلاً إلكترونياً لكل ما تقدمه الوزارة من خدمات

**sharon sanders** · May 12, 2013, 08:23 AM

Re: Saudi Arabia - Woman, 69, died + MOH statement - May 12, 2013 nCoV coronavirus

The above numbers do not correspond to our list which is compiled from reports by the ECDC, WHO, MOH. I have no idea how the MOH is counting the 24 cases or 15 total deaths.

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Case List of MoH/WHO Novel Coronavirus MERS Announced Cases

**Laidback Al** · May 12, 2013, 11:43 PM

Re: Saudi Arabia - Woman, 69, died + MOH statement - May 12, 2013 nCoV coronavirus

There are at least two cases reported from Saudi Arabia for which onset dates have not been publicly reported which may cause some confusion. Since Shawwal 1, 1433 (Eid-ul-Fitr; which roughly corresponds to August 19, 2012) through May 8<sup>th</sup>, 2013, Saudi Arabia has officially reported at least 21 NCoV cases with 11-12 deaths. The announcement of three additional cases would be bring the current total to 24 cases for that time period. And 2-3 additional deaths would bring the total death count to 15, 16 if the individual who died in June of 2012 is included in the total count of deaths from Saudi Arabia.
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**tetano** · May 13, 2013, 01:18 AM

Re: Saudi Arabia - Woman, 69, died + MOH statement - May 12, 2013 nCoV coronavirus

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[1]
Date: 12 May 2013
Source: Reuters [edited]

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/sns-rt-us-coronavirus-saudi-deathsbre94b05e-20130512,0,1937226.story#ixzz2T7IX5I7R

Two more people die of novel coronavirus in Saudi Arabia
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Two more people have died from novel coronavirus, a new strain of the virus similar to the one that caused SARS, in an outbreak in al-Ahsa region of Saudi Arabia, the deputy health minister for public health said on Sunday.

Ziad Memish said that in the latest cluster of infections, 15 cases had been confirmed, and nine of those patients had died.

[Byline Angus McDowall; Editing Kevin Liffey]
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Date: 12 May 2013
Source: Reuters via Euronews [edited]

http://www.euronews.com/newswires/1952976-new-coronavirus-can-probably-can-be-passed-person-to-person-who/

New virus can probably pass person to person - WHO
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World Health Organisation (WHO) officials said on Sunday it seemed likely a new coronavirus that has killed at least 18 people in the Middle East and Europe could be passed between humans, but only after prolonged contact.

A virus from the same family triggered the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) that swept the world after emerging in Asia and killed 775 people in 2003.

On Sunday French authorities announced that a second man had been diagnosed with the disease after sharing a hospital room with France's only other sufferer.

WHO Assistant Director-General Keiji Fukuda told reporters in Saudi Arabia, the site of the largest cluster of infections, there was no evidence so far the virus was able to sustain "generalised transmission in communities" - a scenario that would raise the spectre of a pandemic.

But he added: "Of most concern ... is the fact that the different clusters seen in multiple countries ... increasingly support the hypothesis that when there is close contact, this novel coronavirus can transmit from person to person.

"There is a need for countries to ... increase levels of awareness," he said.

A public health expert who declined to be identified, said "close contact" meant being in the same small, enclosed space with an infected person for a prolonged period.

The virus first emerged in the Gulf last year, but cases have also been recorded in Britain and France among people who had recently been in the Middle East. A total of 34 cases worldwide have been confirmed by blood tests so far.

NEW DEATHS

Saudi Deputy Health Minister for Public Health Ziad Memish told reporters that, of 15 confirmed cases in the most recent outbreak, in al-Ahsa district of Eastern Province, nine had died, two more than previously reported.

Saudi Arabia's Health Ministry said in a statement the country had had 24 confirmed cases since last summer, of whom 15 had died. Fukuda said he was not sure if the two newly reported Saudi deaths were included in the numbers confirmed by the WHO.

Memish added that three suspected cases in Saudi Arabia were still under investigation, including previous negative results that were being re-examined.

The first French patient was confirmed as suffering from the disease on Wednesday after travelling in the Gulf. The second patient was transferred to intensive care on Sunday after the two men shared a room in a hospital in Lille.

Professor Benoit Guery, head of the Lille hospital's infectious diseases unit, said the first patient had not been immediately isolated because he presented "quite atypical" symptoms.

He added in comments broadcast by BFMTV channel the case suggested that airborne transmission of the virus was possible, though still unusual, and that the public "should not be concerned" as there had been only 34 cases globally in a year.

Fukuda, part of a WHO team visiting Saudi Arabia to investigate the spread of the disease, said although no specific vaccine or medication was yet available for novel coronavirus, patients were responding to treatment.

"The care that is taken in the hospitals, in terms of using respirators well, in terms of treating pneumonia, in terms of treating complications, in terms of providing support, these steps can get patients through this very severe illness," he said.

Fukuda said that as far as he knew all cases in the latest outbreak in al-Ahsa district were directly or indirectly linked to one hospital.

He added that Saudi Arabian authorities had taken novel coronavirus very seriously and had initiated necessary health measures such as increased surveillance systems.

[Byline Angus McDowall; Additional reporting Nicolas Delame in Paris; Editing William Maclean and Andrew Roche]

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Date: 12 May 2013
Source: WHO

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WHO Press Statement Related to the Novel Coronavirus Situation
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The emergence of this new coronavirus is globally recognized as an important and major challenge for all of the countries which have been affected as well as the rest of the world. The Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has recognized this and invited the World Health Organization (WHO) to help them assess the situation and to provide guidance and recommendations. WHO is pleased to be here to work together with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

At this time there are some things about this new disease we understand. However I would like to remind everyone that this is a new infection and there are also many gaps in our knowledge that will inevitably take time to fill in.

We know that the disease is caused by a virus from a group called coronaviruses. One member of the coronavirus family is the SARs virus. This new virus is NOT the SARS virus. They are distinct from each other. However, the fact that they are related has added to the world's concern. We know this virus has infected people since 2012, but we don't know where this virus lives. We know that when people get infected, many of them develop severe pneumonia. What we don't know is how often people might develop mild disease. We also know that most of the persons who have been infected so far have been older men, often with other medical conditions. We are not sure why we are seeing this pattern and if it will change over time.

There are many other things that we don't understand. For example, how are people getting infected? Is it from animals? Is it from contaminated surfaces? Is it from other people? Finally, we don't know how widespread is this virus, both in this region and in other countries.

The greatest global concern, however, is about the potential for this new virus to spread. This is partly because the virus has already caused severe disease in multiple countries, although in small numbers, and has persisted in the region since 2012. Of most concern, however, is the fact that the different clusters seen in multiple countries increasingly support the hypothesis that when there is close contact this novel coronavirus can transmit from person-to-person. This pattern of person-to- person transmission has remained limited to some small clusters and so far, there is no evidence that this virus has the capacity to sustain generalized transmission in communities.

At this point, several urgent actions are needed. The most important ones are the need for countries, both inside and outside of the region, to increase their levels of awareness among all people but especially among staff working in their health systems and to increase their levels of surveillance about this new infection. In Saudi Arabia, we have seen the importance of better surveillance. When new cases are found, as is likely, it is critical for countries to report these cases and related information urgently to WHO as required by the International Health Regulations because this is the basis for effective international alertness, preparedness and response. Countries also need to assess their level of preparedness and readiness if this virus should spread and to intensify strengthening the core capacities identified in the International Health Regulations if they are not adequate. WHO is ready to assist countries in this region and globaly in these
tasks.

There are also some questions that urgently need to be answered including how people are getting infected, and what are the main risk factors for either infection or development of severe disease. The answers to these questions hold the keys to preventing infection.

In closing, we want to note that the Government of Saudi Arabia has taken the novel coronavirus situation very seriously. The Ministry of Health has initiated crucial public health actions -- including intensifying surveillance, initiating investigations and important research and putting control measures in place.

One of the reasons why more cases have been identified in KSA may be because they have gone ahead to strengthen their surveillance system and lab capacities and network.

For more information contact

Gregory H?rtl
WHO Media Coordinator
Department of Communications
WHO, Geneva
Mobile: +41 79 203 6715
E-mail: hartlg@who.int

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Date: Sunday 12 May 2013
Reuters via Ahram [edited]

Just a moment...

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/71304/World/Region/Rumours,-grief-and-questions-Virus-ravages-a-Saudi.aspx

Rumours, grief and questions: Virus ravages a Saudi family

Coronavirus - a disease similar to the SARS virus - infects family in Saudi Arabia, marking first cases to appear in Middle East region
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On the third day after his father's death from a respiratory infection, [the man] began to feel feverish.

Shortly afterwards, says the 27-year-old Saudi, "I was almost dead".
[The man], who had often visited his father's bedside in his last days, was admitted to intensive care in a hospital in Dhahran, in the Eastern Province oil heartland of Saudi Arabia.

Then his brother, and later his sister, fell ill, obtaining treatment in hospitals in the nearby oasis district of al-Ahsa.

Their father, it has since emerged, was probably a victim of what doctors believe was novel coronavirus, the new SARS-like disease that first emerged in the Gulf last year and has gone on to claim 18 lives, nine of them in the kingdom.

There is international concern, because it was a virus from the same family of pathogens that triggered the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) that swept the world after starting in Asia in 2003 and killed 775 people.

Some of the cases of the new virus were in Britain and France, among them people who had recently travelled from the Middle East. A total of 34 cases worldwide have been confirmed by blood tests so far.

"My temperature was really high, my blood oxygen levels were very low. I was so tired I couldn't walk for days and any kind of activity made me cough," said [the man], a PhD student who studies in Canada. To avoid spreading infection, he wore a green face mask.

SLEEPY OASIS

World Health Organisation (WHO) experts this week visited Ahsa, a sleepy oasis of around a million people, to work with Saudi authorities in investigating the latest outbreak.

Much of the attention has focused on the private al-Moosa General Hospital in Hofuf, Ahsa's main town, where many of those infected, including Mohammed al-Sheikh, were treated in the intensive care unit.

A senior WHO official said on Sunday it appeared likely that the virus could be passed between people in close contact.

WHO Assistant Director-General Keiji Fukuda said, however, that there was no evidence so far that the virus was able to sustain "generalised transmission in communities", a scenario that would raise the spectre of a pandemic.

A public health expert, who declined to be identified due to the sensitivity of the matter, said "close contact" in this context meant being in the same small, enclosed space with an infected person for a prolonged period of time.

[Another man], who suffered from diabetes and had been admitted to hospital with a high fever and low blood sugar never knew what had infected him. He lost consciousness two days before he died.

"The doctors said they didn't know what was wrong," said [the first man]. "During his first two days in intensive care he could talk and eat by himself and go to the washroom. But then it got worse. He was on the highest level of oxygen and they had to drug him. He left without saying goodbye," he said, referring to his death.

In the wake of rumours about the extent of the virus in Ahsa last week, some families of people who were hospitalised said they had been asked by authorities not to speak to media.

Separated from the big cities of Riyadh and Dammam by large stretches of desert, Ahsa is a pretty area famous for its date farms. Drive through its dusty villages and goats appear grazing beneath the palm fronds. Between the trees jut pale rocky outcrops carved by the elements into outlandish shapes.

CALAMITY OF A FATHER'S DEATH

There was little sign in the al-Moosa General Hospital's reception area late on Saturday that it was at the centre of a global health concern.

Visitors, doctors and nurses hurried down the corridors. Two women in black hijab waited with their babies outside a door marked "vaccination room".
[The man] said he believed his father contracted novel coronavirus in the hospital's intensive care unit and that he then caught it there himself during the hours he spent visiting his father in the days before he died on April 15.

But Malek al-Moosa, the hospital's general manager, denied this suggestion and said he believed the patients were in fact exposed to a common source of the virus outside Moosa General Hospital.

Fukukda of the WHO said it was not yet clear how the virus was transmitted.

Of the four members of the family who fell sick, only one, [the man], 33, has so far been tested positive for novel coronavirus.

Samples from [the other three] are still being tested but Moosa said it was likely that they also had the virus.

A poster-sized portrait of Mohammed al-Sheikh, a 56-year-old former employee of the national oil company Saudi Aramco, is displayed in the family's reception room, where three of his 10 children sat to describe what they call the "calamity" that has hit their family.

"Our father's dream was that we should all live in one house with a big garden. He had started building it and finished almost 50 percent. This is just killing us," said Hussein.

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Date: 13 May 2013
Source: Arab News

WHO endorses Saudi steps to check coronavirus; death toll at 15

http://www.arabnews.com/news/451453

A visiting World Health Official has said other countries can learn from the experience of Saudi Arabia in fighting the coronavirus, which has killed 15 people in the kingdom so far.

WHO endorses Saudi steps to check coronavirus
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Saudi Arabia has taken steps to protect its people from the coronavirus. The experience and knowledge that the country has gained fighting coronavirus can benefit the rest of the world, said a visiting WHO official.

Keiji Fukuda, assistant director-general of the WHO's Health Security and Environment, said the Kingdom has taken the coronavirus situation seriously and its Ministry of Health has initiated public health action, including intensifying surveillance, initiating investigations and research and putting preventive measures in place.
"One of the reasons why more cases have been identified in KSA may be because they have gone ahead to strengthen their surveillance system, lab capacity and network," he said.

Upon invitation from the Kingdom, a team of health experts arrived in the country on Friday to assess the status of the spread of the virus in the country. The visiting team includes two WHO officials, Fukuda and Dr. Jawad, quarantine director of communicable diseases of the WHO in Cairo. The other international scientists are Dr. Connie Savor Price, chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Denver Health Medical Center and assistant professor of medicine at the University of Colorado Denver; Trish Burrell, consultant, infectious diseases at Johns Hopkins University; Paul Tambaiah, consultant infectious diseases the University of Singapore; and Allison Mack Qier of Mount Toronto Hospital [probably Allison McGeer, of Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto].

On Saturday, the team visited the health facilities in Hofuf and the hospital, where a number of infected cases were treated.

Fukuda was speaking at a meeting held yesterday under the chairmanship of Health Minister Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah at the headquarters of the Ministry of Health here.
Welcoming the delegation, Al-Rabeeah said that since last September, the Kingdom diagnosed 45 virus infected patients [This is not consistent with other reports that indicate 24 cases have been detected - Mod.LM], of whom 15 died. He dismissed reports that the virus attack was confined to Al-Ahsa province, and said there were incidences in Jeddah, Dammam and Riyadh, too.

"We will continue to cooperate with the WHO and other international organizations in the fight against infectious diseases for the betterment of the nation," he stressed.
"We have not come to inspect the measures taken by the Kingdom," Fukuda said, adding that the team came here to see what was found in general about the disease.

"In the Kingdom, we have seen the importance of better surveillance. When new cases are found, as is likely, it is critical for countries to report these cases and related information urgently to the WHO as required by international health regulations because this is the basis for effective international alertness, preparedness and response," he said.

"Countries also need to assess their level of preparedness and readiness if this virus should spread and intensify the core capacities identified in the international health regulations if they are not adequate. The WHO is ready to assist countries in this region and globally in these tasks," he said.

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[This report should be interpreted with caution as it appears to contain some inconsistencies in facts and interpretation. - Mod.LM]

[Two deaths have occurred among the previously reported al-Ahsa cluster of novel coronavirus infection in Saudi Arabia, though it is impossible to know from the information given which of the previously described patients has died. Further details would be appreciated so that risk factors for death from novel coronavirus can be better understood. An international expert team is now assisting in the investigation. It appears that several members of the same family may have been involved in this cluster and the Reuters report adds a human dimension as well as additional details to the story.

WHO has issued a statement underscoring that person-to-person transmission of the virus has almost certainly occurred, now in several countries (including most likely the index outbreak in Jordan). So far, sustained transmission does not appear to have occurred, reducing the likelihood of a wider epidemic.

It is possible that, as was true with SARS, some individuals may act as "superspreaders", infecting larger numbers of contacts. I think of this as analogous to people with cavitary TB, who are far more infectious than others with pulmonary TB. So far it appears that close and prolonged contact has been required to transmit novel coronavirus, but much remains to be learned and the case count is still small.

It appears that a number of suspected cases remain under investigation both in France and Saudi Arabia. Presumably a serologic test, if it is sufficiently sensitive and specific, will be helpful in determining the extent of spread of the virus among contacts and to determine whether mild or asymptomatic cases may be occurring both in contacts and in the larger community. PCR, while sensitive and specific, is limited in that the assay can only be performed during the (unknown) period of active viral shedding and is also limited by sample quality and handling.

While a suspected animal source of the infection has been sought, none has yet been identified.

A map of Saudi Arabia can be seen at: http://healthmap.org/r/1HAJ - Mod.LM]

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**sharon sanders** · May 13, 2013, 05:51 AM

Re: Saudi Arabia - Woman, 69, died + MOH statement - May 12, 2013 nCoV coronavirus

Helen Branswell received an email from the MOH in which they denied the Arab News report above and confirmed the number of 24 nCov cases in Saudi Arabia.

**Catbird** · May 13, 2013, 02:33 PM

Re: Saudi Arabia - Woman, 69, died + MOH statement - May 12, 2013 nCoV coronavirus

Family members of victims, including the 69 yr. old woman, are questioning the actions of the MoH and hospitals.

Machine translation:

"People dead: Ministry of Health 'neglected'

Criticized Mohamed Al Ghanim, a relative of the young Mokhtar Al-Ghanim, who died باشتباه injury Pkorona, the performance of the Ministry of Health and dealing with those affected by the virus, unlikely to go to sue the hospital, who died when his neighbor, and reasoned that the neglect of the ministry itself, pointing out that the hospital staff employed by the potential available .

According to'' economic'' that despite the suspicion of injury Mokhtar b'' Corona'' but it has not been subjected in contact with members of his family to detect or send medical staff to ensure their safety, said:'' I lab technician and I know very well the neglect of the Ministry of Health and disregard for citizens repeated evidence of medical errors that victimize the lives of citizens without showing any interest or'' accounting.

As said Riad al-Jaafari, who died of his grandmother to his father and proved to report death of her Pkorona who moved to after-borne among many hospitals in Al-Ahsa between government and civil, she was suffering inflammatory pulmonary and palaces in the heart and pressure in the blood, stressing that any of the previous reports did not mention her the virus even quoted King Fahd Hospital in Hofuf, which in turn face to a private hospital in Al-Ahsa to the unavailability of beds in intensive care at King Fahd Hospital in the main hospital in the province.

He added:'' after moving to the private hospital during the past two weeks, developed symptoms, which called on the private hospital to isolate it in the last four days of her life last which Variqtha Wednesday''.

Jaafari transfer resentment of his father and his family of doctors and nurses to deal with the injured hand lack of apathy and loss of flexibility with the other hand.

He agreed with the position of Mohamed Al Ghanim, denying any intention to sue the hospital, citing health problems prior to deceased, calling at the same time, the Ministry of Health to transparency in the declaration of the extent of the spread of the virus and ways to prevent it and increase the effectiveness of the supervisory role by it to monitor the situation of hospitals with the situation deteriorating large, whether governmental or private. "

xhttp://www.aleqt.com/2013/05/13/article_755420.html

**Catbird** · May 13, 2013, 03:00 PM

Re: Saudi Arabia - Woman, 69, died + MOH statement - May 12, 2013 nCoV coronavirus

Family members of victims, including the 69 yr. old woman, are questioning the actions of the MoH and hospitals.

Machine translation:

"People dead: Ministry of Health 'neglected'

Criticized Mohamed Al Ghanim, a relative of the young Mokhtar Al-Ghanim, who died باشتباه injury Pkorona, the performance of the Ministry of Health and dealing with those affected by the virus, unlikely to go to sue the hospital, who died when his neighbor, and reasoned that the neglect of the ministry itself, pointing out that the hospital staff employed by the potential available .

According to'' economic'' that despite the suspicion of injury Mokhtar b'' Corona'' but it has not been subjected in contact with members of his family to detect or send medical staff to ensure their safety, said:'' I lab technician and I know very well the neglect of the Ministry of Health and disregard for citizens repeated evidence of medical errors that victimize the lives of citizens without showing any interest or'' accounting.

As said Riad al-Jaafari, who died of his grandmother to his father and proved to report death of her Pkorona who moved to after-borne among many hospitals in Al-Ahsa between government and civil, she was suffering inflammatory pulmonary and palaces in the heart and pressure in the blood, stressing that any of the previous reports did not mention her the virus even quoted King Fahd Hospital in Hofuf, which in turn face to a private hospital in Al-Ahsa to the unavailability of beds in intensive care at King Fahd Hospital in the main hospital in the province.

He added:'' after moving to the private hospital during the past two weeks, developed symptoms, which called on the private hospital to isolate it in the last four days of her life last which Variqtha Wednesday''.

Jaafari transfer resentment of his father and his family of doctors and nurses to deal with the injured hand lack of apathy and loss of flexibility with the other hand.

He agreed with the position of Mohamed Al Ghanim, denying any intention to sue the hospital, citing health problems prior to deceased, calling at the same time, the Ministry of Health to transparency in the declaration of the extent of the spread of the virus and ways to prevent it and increase the effectiveness of the supervisory role by it to monitor the situation of hospitals with the situation deteriorating large, whether governmental or private. "

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Saudi Arabia - Woman, 69, died + MOH statement - May 12, 2013 nCoV coronavirus

Saudi Arabia - Woman, 69, died + MOH statement - May 12, 2013 nCoV coronavirus

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