Bird Flu Scare in Mauritius

[Gert van der Hoek]

Mauritius is an island in the Indian Ocean.

A suspected case of bird flu spreads panic in Mauritius

The hospital Dr Jeetoo Port-Louis has witnessed a scene of panic Friday afternoon and early evening, because of the presence in the emergency department of a Mauritian, back from a trip to Indonesia and Malaysia, which presented the symptoms of bird flu.


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Saturday 22 November 2008 by Panapress

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Aged 67 years, this woman had a high fever on arrival at hospital. It is not clear so far which started the rumor that she had been infected by bird flu.

A patient who was examine by a doctor said he had heard all of a sudden the words from a nurse that a serious infection has arrived and that you have to wear masks.

"Everybody ran, doctors, nurses and other staff of the hospital, and masks were distributed to all those who were present, even police officers who were providing the service order," she recounted. Other patients waiting their turn, have been locked in a room.

In the meantime, the woman was isolated pending the outcome of the tests. The director of this hospital, Dr. Somnath Maharahaje said thereafter was not a case of avian flu.

"We have seen a disproportionate hysteria. There is no suspected case of bird flu. We have a person who returned from a trip to Indonesia and suffering from fever and hypothiro?de. We samples for further analysis. There is no fear of contamination, "he assured.

The health minister, Rajesh JEETAH, is also descended to the hospital to reassure patients.

Original:

Un cas suspect de grippe aviaire s?me la panique ? Maurice

L?h?pital Dr Jeetoo de Port- Louis a ?t? le th??tre d?une sc?ne de panique vendredi apr?s- midi et en d?but de soir?e, en raison de la pr?sence au Service des urgences d?une Mauricienne, rentr?e d?un voyage en Indon?sie et en Malaise, qui pr?sentait les sympt?mes de la grippe aviaire.



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samedi 22 novembre 2008, par Panapress

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Ag?e de 67 ans, cette femme faisait une forte fi?vre ? son arriv?e ? l?h?pital. L?on ne sait jusqu?ici d?o? est parti la rumeur qu?elle avait ?t? infect?e par la grippe aviaire.

Une patiente qui se faisait ausculter par un m?decin a d?clar? avoir entendu tout d?un coup des propos venant d?une infirmi?re selon lesquels un cas d?infection grave est arriv? et qu?il faut porter des masques.

"Tout le monde s?est pr?cipit?, m?decins, infirmiers et autres membres du personnel de l?h?pital, et des masques ont ?t? distribu?s ? tous ceux qui ?taient pr?sents, m?me aux policiers qui assuraient le service d?ordre", a-t-elle racont?. D?autres patients, qui attendaient leur tour, ont ?t? enferm?s dans une salle.

Entre-temps, la femme a ?t? isol?e en attendant le r?sultat des tests. Le directeur de cet h?pital, le Dr Somnath Maharahaje, a d?clar?, par la suite, qu?il ne s?agissait pas d?un cas de grippe aviaire.

"Nous avons assist? ? une hyst?rie d?mesur?e. Il n?y a aucun cas suspect de grippe aviaire. Nous sommes en pr?sence d?une personne qui est rentr?e d?un voyage en Indon?sie et qui souffre de fi?vre et d?hypothiro?de. Nous avons fait les pr?l?vements n?cessaires pour des analyses approfondies. Il n?y a aucune crainte de contamination", a-t-il assur?.

Le ministre de la Sant?, Rajesh Jeetah, est descendu lui aussi ? l?h?pital pour rassurer les patients.

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[Shiloh]

Re: Bird Flu Scare in Mauritius

Source: http://www.defimedia.info/articles/...que-une-psychose-a-lhopital-Jeetoo/Page1.html

Google translation:
Suspicion of a case of bird flu: an old lady causes psychosis in hospital Jeetoo
It was the panic in the hospital Jeetoo.

It was the general panic in the hospital Jeetoo, Friday afternoon, after wild rumors on a reported case of avian flu. Patients and hospital staff had to wear masks. But it was ultimately a hoax.

A feeling of anger mingled with fear. The scene is unusual. It is 15 h 10. In the great hall of the hospital Jeetoo and outside people face partially clogged with a green mask. In the crowd, patients, nurses, doctors and a dozen police officers who rappliqu? as soon as the alert was given. Discussions are going well. It is said that an Indonesian citizen was placed in quarantine because it was contaminated with an infectious disease. And then we dropped these two terrible words that have not failed to simmer over a: commonly known as avian influenza outbreak. A deadly disease that has already claimed several lives, including Indonesia.

At 14 h 10, patients are h?b?t?s when they were ordered to wear masks for safety. Then it was a true motion-low. Psychosis was quickly installed. Some people shouted to kill head. Others demanded to be reviewed to confirm that they had not been infected.

At 15 h 40, the health minister, Rajesh JEETAH, convene a press briefing in the office of director of the hospital Jeetoo, Dr. Somnath Maharahaje. The minister is reassuring. There is no need to worry. "There is no case of avian flu or another infectious disease," said the minister. What that means then all Tintamarre
and distribution of masks? "We must initiate an investigation on this matter," says Rajesh JEETAH.

Feverish, she went to the hospital by bus
Dr to Maharahaje clear that his side is a lady who was placed in quarantine and not a citizen of Indonesia. In fact, it is Bhugoban Ginette, a lady of 67 years who lives Grande-Riviere Northwest. It was a party traveling in Indonesia. Upon arrival at the airport SSR Friday morning she was examined at the department of health. As it suffered from high fever and aches, he was asked to go to the hospital Jeetoo.

The lady did not have the assistance of Samu, but went by his own bus to the hospital Jeetoo. 13 h to 45, she arrives at the hospital and goes directly wait in the emergency room. Twenty minutes later, a nurse hele name Ginette Bhugoban because it was his turn to be polled by the doctor. In the saw in the emergency room, the nurse after reading his registration card he runs: "Madam ene where contamination is that! Assize not there! "Ginette Bhugoban is isolated until the results of tests that he passed. The doctor who consults is also locked in a room. We go out masks and it is the general panic.

At 15 h 50, patients are told they can remove their masks. Ginette Bhugoban still under observation, in fact suffers from any infectious disease. Within the hospital, the relief. Rajesh JEETAH asks doctors to consider all patients were emergencies at the same time as Ginette Bhugoban. There have been more fear than harm.

Francais:
Suspicion d?un cas de grippe aviaire : une vieille dame provoque une psychose ? l?h?pital Jeetoo

* By Emma Ramsamy Chelumbrum
* Published 22nd November, 2008
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C'?tait la panique ? l'h?pital Jeetoo.
C??tait la panique g?n?rale ? l?h?pital Jeetoo, vendredi apr?s-midi, apr?s des rumeurs folles sur un cas d?clar? de grippe aviaire. Les patients et le personnel hospitalier ont d? porter des masques. Mais ce n??tait en fin de compte qu?une fausse alerte.

Un sentiment de col?re m?l? de frayeur. La sc?ne est inhabituelle. Il est 15 h 10. Dans la grande salle de l?h?pital Jeetoo et ? l?ext?rieur des gens ont le visage partiellement bouch? avec un masque vert. Dans la foule, des patients, infirmiers, m?decins et une dizaine de policiers qui ont rappliqu? d?s que l?alerte a ?t? donn?e. Les discussions vont bon train. On raconte qu?un ressortissant indon?sien a ?t? plac? en quarantaine parce qu?il a ?t? contamin? par une maladie infectieuse. Et puis, on a l?ch? ces deux mots terribles qui n?ont pas manqu? de faire fr?mir plus d?un : grippe aviaire commun?ment appel?e ?pizootie. Une maladie mortelle qui a d?j? fait plusieurs morts, notamment en Indon?sie.

? 14 h 10, les patients sont h?b?t?s quand ils ont ?t? somm?s de porter des masques par mesure de s?curit?. Puis, cela a ?t? un vrai branle-bas. La psychose s?est vite install?e. Certains patients criaient ? tue-t?te. D?autres exigeaient d??tre examin?s pour confirmer qu?ils n?avaient pas ?t? infect?s.

? 15 h 40, le ministre de la Sant?, Rajesh Jeetah, convoque un point de presse dans le bureau du directeur de l?h?pital Jeetoo, le Dr Somnath Maharahaje. Le ministre se veut rassurant. Il n?y a pas lieu de s?inqui?ter. ? Il n?y a aucun cas de grippe aviaire ou d?une autre maladie infectieuse ?, lance le ministre. Qu?est-ce qui implique alors tout ce tintamarre
et la distribution des masques ? ? Nous devons initier une enqu?te l?-dessus ?, r?pond Rajesh Jeetah.

Fi?vreuse, elle se rend ? l?h?pital par autobus
Le Dr Maharahaje pr?cise de son c?t? que c?est une dame qui a ?t? plac?e en quarantaine et non un ressortissant indon?sien. Au fait, il s?agit de Ginette Bhugoban, une dame de 67 ans qui habite Grande-Rivi?re Nord-Ouest. Elle ?tait partie en voyage en Indon?sie. ? son arriv?e ? l?a?roport SSR vendredi matin, elle a ?t? examin?e au d?partement sanitaire. Vu qu?elle souffrait de forte fi?vre et de courbatures, on l?a pri?e de se rendre ? l?h?pital Jeetoo.

La dame n?a pas eu l?assistance du Samu, mais s?est rendue par ses propres moyens par autobus ? l?h?pital Jeetoo. Vers 13 h 45, elle arrive ? l?h?pital et s?en va directement attendre dans la salle des urgences. Une vingtaine de minutes plus tard, une infirmi?re h?le le nom de Ginette Bhugoban car c?est son tour d??tre auscult?e par le m?decin. En l?apercevant dans la salle des urgences, l?infirmi?re apr?s avoir lu sa carte d?enregistrement lui lance : ? Madame c?est ?ne cas contamination ?a ! Pas assize l? ! ? Ginette Bhugoban est isol?e en attendant les r?sultats des tests qu?on lui fait passer. Le m?decin qui la consulte est lui aussi enferm? dans une salle. On sort les masques et c?est la panique g?n?rale.

? 15 h 50, les patients sont inform?s qu?ils peuvent ?ter leurs masques. Ginette Bhugoban, toujours en observation, ne souffre en fait d?aucune maladie infectieuse. Dans l?enceinte de l?h?pital, c?est le soulagement. Rajesh Jeetah prie les m?decins d?examiner tous les patients qui ?taient aux urgences au m?me moment que Ginette Bhugoban. Il n?y aura eu plus de peur que de mal.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Bird Flu Scare in Mauritius

machinetranslated


AVIAN FLU

Psychosis in hospital jeetoo



Wind panic Jeetoo in hospital yesterday. A sixty years old it is presented with symptoms of bird flu. And as soon as masks were distributed to patients attending the Casualty, collective hysteria was installed.

They were about fifty patients in the courtyard of the hospital they are ausculte wait to see if they could return home safely. The hospital director, Dr. Ramputty, says there is no risk of contamination of avian flu. The patient, aged 67 years and resident of Grande-Riviere, one is still under observation in hospital.

But what exactly happened in the hospital Jeetoo? According to the consultant of the institution, Dr. Mangar, a patient arrived at the hospital to 13 h 45. It had initially phoned the Ministry of Health to advise that it had returned to Indonesia on November 19, was also seized and had pain in his body. She then visited the hospital Dr. Jeetoo. The ministry will inform the hospital staff of the arrival of this patient.

"Kuma li vini nurse dir rent dan dan enn pies Lopital ena enn diseases. Nurse docker ti ek team well, "said Corinne Mirthylle a patient. According to the latter, "nurse inn dir out dan Lopital Enkor pe ena vini depi airport." And now, said another patient felt unusual irritation to the skin and said loud and clear.

The warning caused a panic "irrational," says Dr. Ramputty. The latter is of the opinion that the distribution of masks has only amplified psychosis. "I do not know who gave orders to distribute the masks are useless. But this must be someone inside the hospital. We will initiate an investigation to find out more, "says the director of the hospital under the gaze of the Minister of Health, Rajesh JEETAH.

The latter is surrounded by patients upon arrival. Questions fuse on all sides, but Rajesh JEETAH manages to calm patients. "Al dockter watch his freedom okip or power," he told several of them.

At this stage, Dr. Mangar said that no case of avian flu that sixty years old and does not appear to have symptoms associated with this disease. "But it is still under observation. We will do tests. This is the procedure when someone suffers from an illness while returning from a country such as Indonesia. "

Original:

GRIPPE AVIAIRE

Psychose ? l?h?pital jeetoo


La distribution de masques a sem? la panique ? l?h?pital Jeetoo hier.
Vent de panique ? l?h?pital Jeetoo hier. Une sexag?naire s?y est pr?sent?e avec des sympt?mes de grippe aviaire. Et d?s que des masques ont ?t? distribu?s aux patients pr?sents au Casualty, l?hyst?rie collective s?est install?e.

Ils ?taient environ une cinquantaine de patients dans la cour de l?h?pital ? attendre qu?on les ausculte pour savoir s?ils pouvaient rentrer chez eux, sans risque. Le directeur de l?h?pital, le Dr Ramputty, mart?le qu?il n?y a aucun risque de contamination de grippe aviaire. La patiente, ?g?e de 67 ans et habitant de Grande-Rivi?re, est, elle, toujours en observation ? l?h?pital.

Mais que s?est-il pass? exactement ? l?h?pital Jeetoo ? Selon le consultant charg? de l??tablissement, le Dr Mangar, une patiente est arriv?e ? l?h?pital vers 13 h 45. Elle avait d?abord t?l?phon? au minist?re de la Sant? pour l?informer qu?elle ?tait rentr?e d?Indon?sie le 19 novembre, qu?elle ?tait ?galement gripp?e et avait des douleurs dans son corps. Elle s?est alors rendue ? l?h?pital Dr Jeetoo. Le minist?re informe le personnel hospitalier de l?arriv?e de cette patiente.

?Kuma li vini nurse dir rent dan enn pies dan lopital ena enn maladi contagieuse. Nurse ek docker ti bien equipe?, affirme Corinne Mirthylle, une patiente. Selon cette derni?re, ?nurse inn dir sorti dan lopital ena enkor pe vini depi airport?. Et d?j?, une autre patiente dit ressentir des irritations inhabituelles sur la peau et le fait savoir haut et fort.

La mise en garde a provoqu? une panique ?irraisonn?e?, analyse le Dr Ramputty. Ce dernier est d?avis que la distribution de masques n?a fait qu?amplifier la psychose. ?Je ne sais pas qui a donn? des ordres pour distribuer les masques qui ne servent ? rien. Mais cela doit ?tre quelqu?un ? l?int?rieur de l?h?pital. Nous allons initier une enqu?te pour en savoir plus?, affirme le directeur de l?h?pital sous le regard du ministre de la Sant?, Rajesh Jeetah.

Ce dernier est entour? par des patients ? son arriv?e. Les questions fusent de toutes parts, mais Rajesh Jeetah parvient ? calmer les patients. ?Al guet sa dockter la li pou okip ou?, a-t-il d?clar? ? plusieurs d?entre eux.

A ce stade, le Dr Mangar pr?cise qu?il n?y a aucun cas de grippe aviaire et que la sexag?naire ne semble pas avoir les sympt?mes li?s ? cette maladie. ?Mais elle est toujours en observation. On va faire des tests. C?est la proc?dure quand quelqu?un souffre d?une maladie en revenant d?un pays tel que l?Indon?sie.?

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