Aug 10: Spain records 9th H1N1 death ; no previous illness

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Spain Records 9th Death From Swine Flu

AUGUST 10, 2009, 2:10 P.M. ET

MADRID (AFP) -- A 28-year-old woman has died of swine flu in Spain, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths from the disease in the country to nine, the health ministry said Monday.

The woman died in a hospital in the eastern city of Valencia from "complications linked to the (A/H1N1) flu," the ministry said, without giving further details.

On June 30, a 20-year-old Moroccan woman who was seven months pregnant became the first person to die of swine flu in Spain.

The health ministry said Friday that 12,270 people, mostly teenagers and young adults, contracted swine flu in the country between July 27 and Aug. 2.

The ministry no longer gives a total number of confirmed cases of the A/H1N1 virus, providing instead an estimate of new cases based on medical reports from a representative sample of the population.

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[Shiloh]

Re: Aug 10 Spain records 9th H1N1 death today

Re: Aug 10 Spain records 9th H1N1 death today

Source: http://www.que.es/ultimas-noticias/...ronologia-victimas-mortales-gripe-espana.html

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Nine people have died
Chronology of fatal influenza A in Spain
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August 10, 2009.
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A couple of 28 years who was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of Hospital October 9 Valencia has become the latest fatality of influenza A in Spain. And a total of nine deaths since the epidemic began

So far in Spain nine people have died from complications related to influenza A/H1N1.

The first death from influenza A was aMoroccan woman named Dalilah , who died on June 30 after a caesarean section at the Hospital Gregorio Mara??n, Madrid.

The second death occurred on July 9, when he died a man of 41 years with a chronic disease in the Hospital de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrin.

The third victim was a Nigerian woman of 33 years, died at the Hospital Son Ll?tzer Palma as a result of complications arising from the new flu.

The fourth fatality was a man of 71 years who was admitted to the Hospital Universitario La Paz Madrid reagudizaci?n as a result of their lung disease and complications from the flu.

The fifth was a man of 45 years with risk of renal character who died in Teulada (Alicante) last July 20. Was subjected to dialysis treatment since 95. It was diagnosed after necropsy of the deceased.

The sixth died of influenza A was a man of 53 years who suffered a severe disease and was admitted after the Intensive Care Unit of Hospital de La Ribera in Alzira (Valencia).

The seventh died today, was a man of 34 years with a severe disease prior, who died on July 29 in the resuscitation unit of the General Hospital of Villarrobledo (Albacete).

The eighth death was woman of 35 yearsa , residing in Lloret de Mar (Girona). Had gone on August 2 to hospital in Blanes, which was derived from the same day to Josep Trueta hospital due to a respiratory ailment.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Aug 10 Spain records 9th H1N1 death ; no previous illness

Re: Aug 10 Spain records 9th H1N1 death ; no previous illness

Health confirmed the first death from influenza A in a healthy person in Spain

The third victim died of pneumonia caused by H1N1 virus

This is a 33-year-old Nigerian woman who died on July 16 in Mallorca

The results of the autopsy had no disease

Health does not consider the case for not considering "significant"

RTVE.es / EFE PALMA

12.08.2009 - 11:54h

The third victim for influenza A in Spain, a Nigerian woman of 33 years, who died on July 16 in Mallorca, died just because of the H1N1 virus which is the first victim who had no previous illness, as confirmed by the Ministry of healthcare RTVE.es.

Mabel Innocent died from bilateral pneumonia caused by influenza virus AH1N1, according to the results of the autopsy.

In a statement, the Department of Health and Consumer Affairs has reported that in studies, "it does not follow any other circumstance or condition that could have contributed to his death."

Health has explained that despite being the first death of a healthy person will not be investigated because it is an "isolated case" and that in any case the authorities have this power of the Balearic Islands, which would inform the Ministry if proceedings are widened.

The Ministry have stated that "we know the clinical history of women" who entered the hospital with false documentation. They have also indicated that from the epidemiological point of view "is not a significant event" and noted that "there are other cases in the world."

A Nigerian woman in 33 years

According to the Minister of Health and Consumption, Vicen? Thomas, the very day of his death, the woman had attended the July 10 primary care center Graduate School of Palma, where he was diagnosed with viral table, which was prescribed medication.

Two days later he went to the hospital with breathing difficulties are Ll?tzer of Palma, where he was diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia.

On day 13, doctors found that women responded poorly to treatment that was applied, and a later, 14, entered the ICU of the hospital.

"After an aggressive development," the woman, "a healthy person that does not evolve favorably to treatment," according to Thomas, died on June 16 on 8.30 hours.

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