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Bird flu kills smart girl from Rolling community
March 13, 2023
Hul Reaksmey
For generations, people have lived in Roleang village in Prey Veng province, more than 60 kilometers from the Prek Ta Mak bridge in Khsach Kandal district, Kandal province. Never before has there been a case of bird flu that health experts call H5N1. But in late February, an outbreak broke out in the village, which is rich in farmers, and caused the girls to die. A smart young man lost his life in a short time.
With a sad face, Kin Narin, the mother of 11-year-old Bien Narong, who died of the flu The bird described her daughter's death as "too early and almost unbelievable".
She added that her daughter was a child who loved and cared about her studies. Bien Narong, a sixth-grade student at Hun Sen Primary School, died before bird flu claimed her life.
The 47-year-old woman, who has been working as a cashew picker in Stung Treng province for the past two years, said: VOA's daughter says before she fell seriously ill with bird flu that Bian Narong refused to go to the hospital No, because she was worried that she would miss the exam like other students.
"Go to the doctor, do not want to go, it cries, do not want to go [anyone] can hear, cry, do not cry," she said. No, I'm still in the exam. I went to the doctor and he wanted to go to this exam, he was afraid the teacher would not let him go to the exam, so he did not enter the class. Seventh. I said, child, the teacher understands too much when you are sick, so they do not mind, you go to the exam, go to the doctor first, remember When your child comes back to the exam, he refuses to cry. ”
Ms. Kin Narin described that just a few days later, she took medicine at home and was treated at a referral hospital in Prek Sandek village in Sithor district. In the middle of her daughter's condition, she was still not feeling well and was later sent by the medical staff to the National Children's Hospital in Phnom Penh, where the girl He died on February 22.
She confirmed that she did not know in advance the symptoms of bird flu infection. However, she said that her daughter was hot and cold and was taken to a hospital in Prek Sandek Ti village, where doctors said the symptoms were not serious. Seriously.
She said: "If you know that your child is sick, you also rush to call people to help you when you do not know, just Hot, it is not normal hot, I used to say that my child has a fever, not ever, fever, cold, buy medicine to buy Well, it's fine, this message to inject serum and my child does not recover.
According to a statement issued by the Minister of Health on February 23, a girl in Roleang village who was diagnosed with bird flu became ill on February 16, 2023 with symptoms of fever (39 ° C) as well as cough and sore throat after receiving treatment in Min village After 3 days of relief, the girl began to feel tired and was sent to the National Children's Hospital in Phnom Penh on February 21, 2023
In Roleang village, Kin Narin and her husband, 49-year-old Bien Vorn, are farmers and have four children. The youngest girl. Their house is near the lake, which receives water from the Mekong River.
Under the old Khmer house built by Kin Narin, there is an unorganized chicken farm. One.
She said her family raised chickens as a family and many chickens were collected for sale during the Chinese New Year. There are only two hens left. She said officials took the two hens to test for the virus after her daughter was presumed infected. Her family has been raising chickens for many years to eat at home and sell at the market. To support the family.
She said that before her daughter became infected and died of bird flu, her children did not touch the chickens. Who feeds in the house.
"He never plays with chickens, he knows how to wash dishes, he knows how to cook, he knows how to wash his own clothes, he knows how to cook," she said. Go to the pagoda, okay? ”
Roleang village is located in Romlech commune, Sithor Kandal district, Prey Veng province, bordering Vietnam to the south. This quiet village has more than 370 families, equivalent to more than 1,900 people, most of whom are engaged in business. Depends on agriculture. This is according to the officials at the commune hall and the people who were interviewed by VOA Khmer.
The case of Bean Narong flu infection is the first case after this disease, there are no new cases in Cambodia during Nine years ago.
Following the discovery of the case, public health experts found that the girl's father was also infected with the H5N1 bird flu. Health experts confirmed that he contracted the disease on February 23. His daughter died of H5N1 bird flu on Feb. 22, a day after she was diagnosed with the H5N1 virus. There are serious effects on the respiratory tract, according to the World Health Organization.
Bien Vorn was treated at the District Referral Hospital after he was diagnosed with bird flu and left the hospital. Doctors on February 28 after his third negative result. This is according to the people in Roleang village and the announcement of the Department of Combating Infectious Diseases.
However, in Roleang village on 28 February, Prey Veng provincial health workers continued to take samples of students in the village. Then take the test. Health workers present in the village said that continuing to monitor the bird flu situation in the village will Use for 14 days.
A statement from the Department of Communicable Diseases on March 2, posted on Facebook, explained that there were no cases of H5N1 infection. More to be found. And so far no evidence of human-to-human transmission has been found. The statement said that based on the investigation of the two cases found in Roleang village, there was a conflict with Birds get sick and die the same way, and their symptoms start the same day.
In a separate statement, the Department of Infectious Diseases said that the H5N1 bird flu virus had erupted in Roleang village, Romlech commune. Sithor Kandal is a virus that has been studied among domestic and wild birds in Cambodia during recent years. The H5N1 bird flu virus, dubbed (clade 2.3.2.1c), differs from the H5N1 bird flu virus in other parts of the world. This is according to the Department of Infectious Diseases of the Ministry of Health of Cambodia.
Human-to-human transmission of bird flu was first reported in Cambodia in 2014. According to the World Health Organization, based on the available evidence so far, bird flu virus is not easily transmitted to humans. No, and that person-to-person transmission is not uncommon.
However, the World Health Organization warns that because the virus continues to be found in birds, the virus could spread from person to person. Animals on humans can be expected to continue to occur.
According to the Ministry of Health, there are no new cases in this village. The Ministry also confirmed
Similarly, Ket Hum, another villager in Rolaing village, told VOA Khmer that she had never received any news or coverage from Local authorities say there are no symptoms of bird flu. A neighbor of Bien Narong's family, she was shocked when the friendly girl died. The bird flu.
"I can only see the ugly face, to be honest, the innocent child is very good," she said. One of them is the most beautiful, the most beautiful. I'm eating, at 6 or 7 o'clock, it comes from school, come and ask me every day, my tears just in time Eat, I remember. My house is still on the road, it came to my house, ”he said.
Kin Narin, 65, the sister of Bien Narong, still remembers her niece as a hard worker and Have a dream to be a doctor.
"I grew up wanting to be a doctor, I wanted to be a doctor ... I tried to study," she told VOA.
Having taken care of the girl since she was a child, Kin Narin expressed her grief over her niece's death.
She said: "Nowadays, sleeping next to a photo, lying next to it, looking and crying, looking sad. "Very nephew."
For Kin Narin, she has not been able to forget her daughter. And what she still remembers about her child is her ability to communicate with Bien Narong's parents when she was alive.
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