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Moroccan [woman] died of influenza A: the family regrets the lack of information
Submitted by toma on Sat, 2009-08-22 20:33.
The family of [a] Moroccan [woman who] died Saturday of influenza A (H1N1) in a hospital in Seville in southern Spain, said [they were] not informed of the severity of the condition of the victim.
In statements to the press, the husband and the brother of the Moroccan Najat Edamni, from the town of Asilah, said [they were] not informed of the severity of the condition of the victim accepted August 16 current in the hospital Valme Seville until [her] death on Saturday to 10:20 (HL).
Najat died of influenza A (H1N1) three days after giving birth by Caesarean section, according to the administration Andalusian for Health.
This is the second Moroccan national who die[d] of influenza A (H1N1) in Spain.
Earlier, the Spanish Ministry of Health has also announced the death in a hospital in Seville of a pregnant woman [from] influenza A (H1N1), without specifying nationality.
When the doctors decided to perform a caesarean August 19, the hospital administration has justified the need for surgery by the need to know the causes of disease [of] Najat, say the husband and the victim's brother, [Abdesslam Kfaiti and Mustafa Edamni.]
Yesterday Friday, the hospital phoned the husband to reassure him and tell him that everything was fine and that his wife was being recovered. But this Saturday, about 8:00 am, the hospital phoned him to inform him that his wife's condition had worsened. Somewhat later he was contacted again to announce the death of the mother of his children.
"They did not informed [us]. They are simply content to tell us she was worse, even when no one knew that [her] condition was very serious," laments [the] tearful husband.
Yet a few days before [her] admission to hospital, [her] two children, 13 and 16, were also hospitalized for influenza A, before being allowed to leave the hospital.
The husband also claimed that his wife's pregnancy went smoothly and was followed closely by her doctor.
According to the victim's brother, the family received no "official information" about the causes of death of the young woman who lived in the town of Alcala de Guadaira (Seville) for nearly 8 years.
"We expect that an autopsy be performed for the terminal can we determine the causes of death," he said.
Reacting to statements from [the] Moroccan [woman's] family, the counselor of Health of Andalusia, Maria Jesus Montero, told the press that she "understood the pain and rage of this family who lost a young woman who came [to] give birth."
However, she assured [that] "all information on the health of the young woman has been sent to [her] family who gave consent for caesarean section and treatment."
As [for] the baby Najat, a girl of 4.2 kilograms, which was named after [her] mother in her memory, [she] is in good health and not suffering from influenza A, as proved by the laboratory analysis.
With the death of Najat, the number of pregnant women victims of the deadly virus rises to three in Spain after the death in Castellon (East) announced August 14 last in a pregnant woman, aged 31 years and that in June of Another Moroccan, Dalila Mimouni, aged 20, the first victim of the influenza A (H1N1) in Spain.
