2nd swine flu death in Serbia

[Gert van der Hoek]

First swine flu death in Serbia

Health News

Oct 21, 2009


Belgrade - Serbian health officials reported the country's first death from swine flu after a 46-year old woman succumbed to the illness.

The woman, suffering from respiratory problems, arrived in critical condition at a hospital in Kragujevac, central Serbia, on October 5. The woman was placed in intensive care and on a respirator.

Her condition, complicated by pneumonia, deteriorated, and she died Wednesday afternoon, doctors at the hospital told local media.

There are some 200 registered cases of H1N1 in Serbia. With the arrival of winter, experts are expecting an epidemic, with between 2 to 3 million cases of varying severity.

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[Gert van der Hoek]

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Prva smrt od svinjske gripe u Srbiji: Umrla 46-godi?nja ?ena


PACIJENTICA iz okolice Kraljeva preminula je nakon ?to je zara?ena te?im oblikom svinjske gripe ?to ju čini prvom ?rtvom te bolesti u Srbiji, javljaju srpski mediji.

46-godi?nja ?ena također je bila i prva osoba u Srbiji zara?ena te?im oblikom svinjske gripe. Od početka liječenja bila je priključena na aparate za disanje te je bila pod stalnim nadzorom infektologa, kardiokirurga i anesteziologa. Prema izjavama liječnika, njeno stanje počelo se pogor?avati pro?log tjedna.

Zara?ena virusom iz Srbije

Ispočetka se sumnjalo da ju je zarazio sin koji je do?ao iz inozemstva, no kasnije se otkrilo da joj je virus prenijela osoba iz Srbije.

Pacijentica se liječnicima prvi puta javila 29. rujna kada joj je preporučeno bolničko liječenje, no ona ga je odbila. Član radne grupe Ministarstva zdravlja za praćenje virusa H1N1, Branislav Tiodorović rekao je za B92 da se svinjska gripa mora shvatiti ozbiljno te je neophodno slu?ati savjete liječnika.

"Ovo je prvi slučaj smrti od virusa nove gripe u Srbiji a u nekim zemljama u okru?enju bilo ih je nekoliko", rekao je epidemiolog Tiordović. On je uvjeren da "do smrtnog ishoda ne bi do?lo da je pacijentica na bolničko liječenje oti?la na vrijeme".

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The first death from swine flu in Serbia: aged 46-year-old woman

Patients from surrounding King died after being infected with severe swine flu, which makes it the first victim of this disease in Serbia, Serbian media reported.

46-year-old woman also was the first person in Serbia infected severe swine flu. Since the beginning of treatment was connected to breathing apparatus and was under constant supervision of Infectious Diseases, heart surgeon and anesthesiologists. According to doctors, her condition began to worsen last week.

Infected with a virus from Serbia

Initially suspected that she was infected son who came from abroad, but later revealed that it is a virus transferred people from Serbia.

Patients to doctors first arose 29th September, when she recommended hospitalization, but she refused. Member of the Working Group of the Ministry of Health for monitoring the H1N1 virus, Branislav Tiodorović told B92 that the swine flu must be taken seriously and it is necessary to listen to the advice of physicians.

"This is the first case of death of a new flu virus in Serbia and in some neighboring countries there were few," said epidemiologist Tiordović. He is convinced that "death to avoid the outcome that the patient went into hospital treatment in time."

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

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Second swine flu victim in Serbia

3 November 2009 |

BELGRADE -- A 32-year-old woman who died while being transported to a Belgrade clinic is the second confirmed swine flu victim in Serbia.

The woman, who came from a village near Kru?evac, was taken ill on October 28.

The first death in the country from the flu virus was registered in October.

Earlier in the day in Belgrade Health Ministry's working group expert Predrag Kon said that there are more and more serious cases of the flu, and that the health situation of these individuals that are in serious condition is being monitored closely.

Kon said that there have been 169 confirmed cases of swine flu in Serbia thus far.

He recommended that citizens with high temperatures should stay at home and use medication and vitamin C to combat their fever.

?If the temperature is not going down and you are having breathing problems, it is best to consult a doctor, who will determine what the next course of action should be,? Kon said.

Since the spreading of the virus is evident, Kon said that it is important to take hygiene very seriously, with regular hand washing and less direct contact with other individuals.

Kon said that wearing protective masks in the streets is not necessary, but that they should be used in close spaces where there is a possibility of contact with someone that has been infected with the H1N1 virus.

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