Bolivia: Confirmed death from influenza A

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The Departmental Service of Health (Head offices) of Oruro confirmed yesterday the death of a 33-year-old university student because of the virus of the flu A H1N1 in the municipality of Oruro. The director of the Head offices, Roberto Amuzquivar, said that the student died on the evening of last Monday in a hospitable center of third level. “ We have detected a patient with a respiratory pathology, but he had consulted in an establishment of health of the municipality of late form ”, he said. To the moment, in what it goes of the year, Sedes has 21 positive cases registered only in Oruro. The Department of Health informed yesterday that the vaccination will be resumed against the flu A in the whole country with 100.000 doses of donation that received yesterday of the Embassy of Brazil in Bolivia.

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Re: Bolivia: Confirmed death from influenza A

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First person dies influenza A-H1N1 in Oruro
Thursday, August 26, 2010 - Oruro - Regional
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The Director of the Departmental Service of Health, Roberto Amusquivar, at a press conference yesterday confirmed the death of the first person infected with influenza A-H1N1 in the department, is a student 33 years of age who died on Monday afternoon in San Juan de Dios Hospital.

"On Monday morning they found the patient with respiratory disease who have first consulted a health facility in the municipality and label it as a suspected case was the complication that was brought to the third level Hospital San Juan de Dios and in hours in the afternoon have died, "the health authority.

According to laboratory tests for the patient, health ombudsmen made by yesterday (Tuesday) has been reported that this is a confirmed positive case.

BACKGROUND

Unfortunately the person went so late to health facilities for treatment, since it was more than a week with symptoms at home and then when his health had been compromised attended the establishment where he was diagnosed respective established uncritical as pneumonia complicated (suspected case of influenza A-H1N1) with irreparable consequences, said Amusquivar.

CASES

According to the latest report of the Departmental Health Service were 21 positive cases of influenza A-H1N1 and 76 suspected cases were treated in the department.

On Tuesday 24 the director of the department of epidemiology at Huayta Herlinda Venues confirmed 18 positive cases of influenza A-H1N1, at yesterday's press conference was announced three new cases of this disease, among them the person of 33 years died and the two positive cases, which happen to be the first among students in our city.

"We have made contact with the two educational establishments where there were two cases we are conducting epidemiological research respectively and according to research we will see the best measures to take" finished the health authority.

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