Egypt - 9 children ill, 3 children die allegedly from a treatment error - Hurghada, Red Sea govenorate

[sharon sanders]

machine translation -

Delegation of health reasons following the death of 3 children a strange disease in Hurghada
Sunday, May 15, 2011 - 14:11

Dr. Ashraf, Minister of Health Hatem
Red Sea - Hassan Mukhtar

Died at dawn on Sunday Hospital El Gouna in Hurghada, 3 children because of the strange disease doctors did not recognize him, and hit another child the same disease and was taking a sample to be sent to labs central Ministry of Health in Cairo to find out the causes of this disease.

Moved immediately, Dr. Osama Abdel-Azim, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health, the Red Sea and a medical team to determine the circumstances of the incident.

It was found that children of the deceased are the "Grandfather of Mary and Abdel-Malak, 0.5 months" and "Bijoy Nazi Maher, a year and 3 months" and "Fatima Mohamed Ahmed Ali, 11 years old," The girl child is infected, "Cindy Sami symbolic".

The Governor General Magdy El Qubeisi Red Sea El Gouna, visit the hospital to console the families of the victims and to inform Dr. Ashraf Hatem, Minister of Health, and send a medical team from the ministry to follow up on this tragic incident.

The Mayor of the Red Sea that Dr. Ashraf Hatem, Minister of Health has sent a medical team will arrive in Hurghada on Sunday evening to follow up the circumstances of the death of three children.

Dr. Osama Abdel-Azim, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health, the medical team from The Ministry of Health in Cairo, headed by Dr. Samir Rifai, Director of Surveillance and Epidemiology, Ministry of Health and advisory fevers and consultant laboratories and 3 doctors of Preventive Medicine, surveillance and epidemiology and disease, will arrive on a plane five o'clock on Sunday evening.

And science of the "seventh day" to the beginning of entering the four children to a hospital in El Gouna with symptoms of high temperature days 13,12,11,8 of May was to give them a heat-reducers in vain until his 3 children died in the hospital at dawn on Sunday.

Counsel also sent Mohammed Yasin Attorney General for the prosecutions of the Red Sea a team of prosecutors to question the relatives of three children and the doctors who started treatment since admission to hospital.

http://www.youm7.com/News.asp?NewsID=412843&SecID=296&IssueID=167

 

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General map showing the location of El Gouna

El Gouna (Arabic: الجونة, the lagoon) is a tourist resort, developed and owned by Orascom Hotels and Development, dating from about 1990. It is located on the Red Sea in the Red Sea Governorate of Egypt, 22 km north of Hurghada International Airport.
El Gouna specializes in watersports, including scuba diving, windsurfing, kitesurfing, waterskiing, parasailing and snorkelling. There are two main beaches, Zeytuna Beach located on its own island and Mangroovy Beach. A network of canals allow many houses to have their own strip of beach, even hundreds of metres inland. Most of these canals are crossed by small stone bridges.
There are three centralized areas in El Gouna, housing shops, bars and restaurants: Downtown, Tamr Henna square and the Abu Tig Marina.
There are 18 hotels (some of which were designed by the American architect Michael Graves) with 2,895 rooms rated from one star to five stars; a six-star hotel is currently under development next to the Abu Tig Marina Extension.
El Gouna hosts a golf course designed by Gene Bates and Fred Couples. A second golf course real estate project, Ancient Sands Golf Resort, designed by acclaimed golf course architect Karl Litten, is due to open in 2012.
El Gouna has a fully equipped hospital that can handle many medical treatments including dentistry, plastic surgery, pediatrics, ophthalmology and general surgery. It also features an intensive care unit and a decompression chamber in case of diving accidents. The town hosts the El Gouna International School, an Environmental Geographic Information System and a small private airport for charter aircraft. There are also three marinas: Abydos marina, the Abu Tig Marina and the Abu Tig Marina Extension, currently in its last phase of construction, which can receive super yachts.
The town also houses a small museum with some 90 exhibits (including statue replicas and an exhibition hall of contemporary Egyptian paintings by Hussein Bikar) which opened in 1996.
Other attractions/activities around town include a small aquarium, a go-kart track, a paintball arena, tennis courts, horse stables and a football stadium. The local football team El Gouna FC currently (as of 2010) plays in the Egyptian Premier League. It also has a Coptic Church, the Church of St. Mary and the Archangels.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Gouna

 

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In considering the possible infectious diseases for these children, it should be noted that no human cases of H5N1 have yet to be confirmed in the Red Sea Governorate. see: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=167689

 

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Other than fever, I don't see any symptoms mentioned that might indicate what illness this might be. In fact, the lack of mention of respiratory symptoms tends to me to point away from influenza; Egyptian authorities likely know the symptoms of H5N1 and H1N1 by now. The only treatment mentioned to fail was fever reducers; no indication of any Tamiflu or antibiotics.

The timing might be a bit of a clue; everything seems to have happened within the past week, and the time from onset to death seems very short, perhaps just a couple of days. I also don't see any evidence that the children had contact with each other, given thier names and ages. The fact that, despite varying onset dates, they died within hours of each other raises the possibility that they were admitted with different illnesses and something happened this morning in the hospital.

We have at least one previous report of unexplained fatalities in children in Egypt (in Alexandria):

http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=110907

 

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It is unusual for Egypt to send a team of this caliber unless they are concerned:

"Dr. Osama Abdel-Azim, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health, the medical team from The Ministry of Health in Cairo, headed by Dr. Samir Rifai, Director of Surveillance and Epidemiology, Ministry of Health and advisory fevers and consultant laboratories and 3 doctors of Preventive Medicine, surveillance and epidemiology and disease, will arrive on a plane five o'clock on Sunday evening."

 

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machine translation -

Still no diagnosis. Tamiflu distributed to all hospitals in governorate. Suspected A/H1N1. Respiratory symptoms not mentioned.

Emergency Hospitals Red Sea * ‬ after the death of children * 3 ‬ * ‬ mysterious disease

5/16/2011 9:03:08 PM

Red Sea, Ibrahim El Shazly *: ‬


Department of Health decided in the Red Sea to lift the state of emergency in all hospitals and departments of the Directorate after the death of * 3 ‬ children aged between * 6 ‬ months to a year after infected with * ‬ strange and died following admission to the hospital without knowing the nature of the virus or the cause of death *. ‬ specimens were taken from three children to be sent to labs central Ministry of Health to conduct an analysis and find out the cause of death *. ‬ This was stated by Dr. Mohammad Rifai, director of preventive medicine in the Red Sea *. ‬

The Directorate of Health in the Red Sea the distribution of serum Tamiflu your swine flu at all hospitals to maintain, * ‬ The formation of two committees of the Commission and the preventive and other therapeutic, including pediatricians to investigate any new cases are discovered to go to the box housing, a resident of the infected child to ask his family and those around him * . ‬

The head of Hurghada General Hospital that the condition of the fourth child infected Sandy Sami good and is now booked at the hospital receiving treatment *. ‬

The Minister of Health has sent a medical team to Hurghada yesterday included three doctors to diagnose the disease has not been determined so far, its quality, where did not reach the results of the samples after, * ‬ and the most likely source of medical high-level Department of Health in the Red Sea to have the disease either flu Khanaiser or inflammation of the lesbian (translation artifact - s.) or wrong treatment caused * ‬ * ‬ high temperatures and death

http://www.akhbarelyom.org.eg/elakhbar/detailze.asp?field=news&id=37625

 

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machine translation -

Still no diagnosis. Tamiflu distributed to all hospitals in governorate. Suspected A/H1N1. Respiratory symptoms not mentioned.

Emergency Hospitals Red Sea * ‬ after the death of children * 3 ‬ * ‬ mysterious disease

5/16/2011 9:03:08 PM

Red Sea, Ibrahim El Shazly *: ‬


Department of Health decided in the Red Sea to lift the state of emergency in all hospitals and departments of the Directorate after the death of * 3 ‬ children aged between * 6 ‬ months to a year after infected with * ‬ strange and died following admission to the hospital without knowing the nature of the virus or the cause of death *. ‬ specimens were taken from three children to be sent to labs central Ministry of Health to conduct an analysis and find out the cause of death *. ‬ This was stated by Dr. Mohammad Rifai, director of preventive medicine in the Red Sea *. ‬

The Directorate of Health in the Red Sea the distribution of serum Tamiflu your swine flu at all hospitals to maintain, * ‬ The formation of two committees of the Commission and the preventive and other therapeutic, including pediatricians to investigate any new cases are discovered to go to the box housing, a resident of the infected child to ask his family and those around him * . ‬

The head of Hurghada General Hospital that the condition of the fourth child infected Sandy Sami good and is now booked at the hospital receiving treatment *. ‬

The Minister of Health has sent a medical team to Hurghada yesterday included three doctors to diagnose the disease has not been determined so far, its quality, where did not reach the results of the samples after, * ‬ and the most likely source of medical high-level Department of Health in the Red Sea to have the disease either flu Khanaiser or inflammation of the lesbian (translation artifact - s.) or wrong treatment caused * ‬ * ‬ high temperatures and death

http://www.akhbarelyom.org.eg/elakhbar/detailze.asp?field=news&id=37625

Great find, Sharon. It seems the case originally reported as 11 years old might have been 11 months, as this article refers to all the cases as aged 6 months to a year.

I wish we could get a better translation of that last sentence as to what "Khanaiser" is, what was inflamed (lungs? brain?), and what the reference to wrong treatment is.

Update: After playing around in Google Translator with the Arabic in the last sentence, I think "Khanaiser" should be "pig".

 

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I agree, that is why I changed the title to include suspected A/H1N1. I am still bothered that there is no mention of any respiratory symptoms. This should be prominent in the article like many of the other A/H1N1 articles here of the past 2 years.

 

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May 15th 2011- afternoon

Dear Parents

I write to you to update you about the tragic deaths of three children within El Gouna this weekend. We have today received a committee from the Ministry of Health for the red Sea who are investigating the deaths of these children. The experts include Dr.Nagwa Head of the Fever Hospital; Dr Halla Specialist in Fever analysis and they have referenced their findings to Dr Ossama (Deputy Minister of Health for the Red Sea).

At this point they have concluded the following from the autopsy carried out on each infant:-
They are dealing with a virus (not bacterial infection)
The children effected were aged 1year and 2months; 9 months and 4 months
The fever attacks the brain
In each case the children were not referred for medical help until the situation was critical.
The siblings of each child have not shown any symptoms.
The children were not related to each other and they have no connections to nurseries in El Gouna or the school.
The virus is not connected to water.
The samples retrieved from each infant are being examined but it will be 48 hours before the medical team can give a definite diagnosis.
There is one known further case in Hurghada ? the child is 5 years old ? has been treated in hospital and is making very good progress.

Obviously this is a very serious situation and this is recognised by all concerned. The Ministry of Health is sending a team from Cairo and they will arrive in El Gouna at approximately 6.30 this evening. In addition a fever specialist will be based in El Gouna hospital 24 hours a day for the foreseeable future. If you have concerns regarding your child?s health please seek medical advice at an early stage and if necessary you will be referred to a specialist.

At this stage the school remains open; examinations for the National children continue as do the Arabic examinations in the International section. All IGCSE; AS and A level examinations will continue as timetabled.

Please keep in touch with your class rep and the website where the latest information will be shared.

Yours sincerely


S M Manser
Principal

https://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_213225302031260&view=doc&id=213278582025932

 

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Great find Sharon!

So it seems some type of viral meningitis or viral encephalitis is suspected, rather than H1N1, which explains why no respiratory symptoms were reported.

The ages of the children seem to be varying greatly in these reports.

 

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It was not a great find of mine. FluTrackers on facebook was invited to join a health group physically located in the Red Sea governorate.

So it is a credit to everyone on this site.


:tiphat:

 

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Great find Sharon!

So it seems some type of viral meningitis or viral encephalitis is suspected, rather than H1N1, which explains why no respiratory symptoms were reported.

The ages of the children seem to be varying greatly in these reports.

Tests are pending.

Thread sent to ProMED.

 

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Any clue what the "Alkhanazy" virus is?

Even more puzzling, the article itself then indicates that while H1N1 is ruled out, meningitis (bacterial or viral?) remains under investigation, and no further mention of the "Alkhanazy" virus is found in the article.

Update: I think "Alkhanazy" is the same Arabic root as "Khanaiser" above, which was "pig", so the title is merely saying that H1N1 has been ruled out.

http://www.youm7.com/News.asp?NewsID=414008&SecID=296&IssueID=167

Arabic to English translation

The results of tests of the deceased children of the Red Sea, confirm that infection with [the virus], "Alkhanazy"

Monday, May 16, 2011 - 19:13


Ashraf, Minister of Health Hatem
Red Sea - Hassan Mukhtar


I arrived this evening, Monday, as a result of the sample taken from three children who died Sunday morning, El Gouna Hospital as a result of being infected with a strange, and the results confirmed the lack of having bird flu in pigs, and possibly injuries bird flu, meningitis, or a strange virus of the brain.

Dr. Osama Abdel-Azim, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health, the Red Sea, that a team of Preventive Medicine,headed by by Dr. Mohammed Rufai has done a survey a thorough medical ,and took samples from workers Hotel El Gouna and their families and residents of squares of residential and sent to labs central Ministry of Health in Cairo .

The people of the Red Sea woke up yesterday morning on the death of 3 children in the timing of one hospital in Hurghada, El Gouna, and spread a state of sadness and concern for the residents of the city for fear of transmission of the virus from El Gouna Hurghada, which lies about 30 kilometers.

 

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Honestly - I think we do not know at this point. We will have to watch to see how the situation develops.

 

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So it seems some type of viral meningitis or viral encephalitis is suspected,

H1N1 has been ruled out indeed. (Also here ).

Inflammation of the brain can be caused by the west nile virus. This virus seems to circulate in several regions in Egypt; children can have this neurological complication, however usually it is elderly people.

Hand-Foot-Mouth disease (enterovirus type 71) can also cause acute neurological complications in small childeren.

We will have to wait untill the results from the labs of the Ministry of Health.

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So influenza is ruled out completely, and something raises the suspicion of a virus. Perhaps the patients did not respond to antibiotics, although given that the patients were quite ill by the time they were admitted, that is not conclusive.

With respect to West Nile, the individuals most affected by West Nile are middle aged, not infants, so WNV is less likely. Enterovirus, EV71 included, does seem to be among the more likely explanations.

http://www.alwafd.org/index.php?opt...فاة-3-أطفال-بالغردقة&catid=98:محلية&Itemid=92

Virus behind mysterious death of 3 children in Hurghada

الثلاثاء, 17 مايو 2011 21:48 Tuesday, May 17, 2011 21:48

Hurghada - Lotfi Damrany:

Confirmed the result of samples taken from three children dead and the girl child infected hospital Gouna negative samples and free from disease virus or bird flu is likely that a mysterious virus or inflammation Shati.

He had arrived on Monday, a medical team of the Hospital El Gouna in Hurghada, where the monitoring and full scan contacts of relatives of the deceased and the patient, and make sure they are free from any epidemic, and also emphasized that no disease, whether of children or other similar cases to the Hospital El Gouna.

The parents of the Red Sea have been infected with horror and fear on their children when they learned of the death of 3 children and another child infected with Gamc Special Hospital El Gouna in Hurghada.

Virus behind mysterious death of 3 children in Hurghada

 

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From russian press


In Egypt the unknown virus

The unknown virus has killed three children on красноморском a resort of Egypt an Ale-?ҡ?, located nearby to Hurgada popular in the Russian tourists. Victims of illness became two babies and the 11-years child.
Egyptian минздрав has lifted on alarm a special command of epidemiologists, but also they could not to define while an infecting agent, собщает Egyptian online the newspaper ' Аль-Ахрам '.
The official representative минздрава Egypt Osama Abdel Azym has declared, that only one while is precisely known is not a pork flu.
Physicians have examined on a virus of pork flu H1N1 at once as symptoms of disease are very similar. Children who have got in hospital the Ale-?ҡ? on Sunday, on May, 15th, have died in 24 hours. One more ill boy is in a stable condition.
Now experts wait for results of other analyses which will help to define, what illness has ruined kids. For now госпитали Hurgadas result in full readiness. In spite of the fact that hotels of a resort are filled only on 40 %, in Hurgada all the same it is more than foreign tourists, than seats in hospitals of city.

http://turist.rbc.ru/article/18/05/2011/247581

 

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hat tip Spot Local:

Short note to say that Dr.Medhat Milad, CEO & Managing Director of El Gouna Hospital is travelling back to Egypt tomorrow (May 18) and has informed us that:

"We have no further information at this point but we will issue a statement once we have a confirmed diagnosis from the Ministry of Health. In the meantime, a fever specialist will be based in El Gouna hospital 24 hours a day for the foreseeable future to ensure treatment and safety of the community. We hope to pass over this difficult moment without any further issues and we wish the best for all our community.

Thank you & Best Regards
Dr. Medhat Milad"

 

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From one of the pediatricians in the Facebook group.

Notably, the mention of brain involvement is not here, and neither is the conclusion that it must be a virus. Prolonged high fever itself can affect the brain, whatever its cause.

https://www.facebook.com/home.php?s...582025932#!/home.php?sk=group_213225302031260

Rafeek Ramzy Mickail
My dear friends and patients, I want first to greet u all. As a pediatrician who has been enquiring about facts before I wrote these words, I would like to share with u some facts.
First, the number of cases are 3
Second, they are all within infancy age group
Third, they all shared with the same symptom which is very high fever not responding to normal anti fever measures
Fourth, no clear evidence of the cause is clear till the moment whether it is viral or bacterial or water sourse origin
Fifth, the vector or the way of transmission is still unknown
Sixth, the very quick sudden collapse of the infants is still under investigations
From these points I reach a simple conclusion
1- It should not be related to any vaccination program as the causative reason is not identified
2- No vaccine is recommended to be given immediately but it is wise to follow ur normal vaccination schedule with ur pediatrician
3- It is not wise to spread any rumours as nothing is identified yet
4- Avoiding sending children to the schools or nurseries is not a clear protective measure
5- General hygenic meaures that should be followed by the parents and the caregivers is the best to do in the time being
6- Seeking medical advice as soon as a child or infant suffers form fever is the most important quick measure that can help the child and the whole community
7- It is wise now to wait for the official reports that should be published and declared soon
8- Any cases with fever that are identified in schools or nurseries should be segregated and called for their parents to accompany the child to their pediatrician
9- These cases can happen in any community but due to the fact that our community is a small closed community so the news whether true or fake are transmitted very fast
10- Finally, Maybe the only positive thing about this tragic experience is that this wonderful community has become ONE UNITED HAND against this test that we are facing.
I WISH THAT WE PASS THIS HARD TIME and we will get stronger after this hard time
God bless u all
For any further information or enquiry please contact me
012 314 95 93
rafeekramzy1@hotmail.com
Facebook group PEDIACARE- We care about our children

on Sunday

 

[Giuseppe]

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As usually happens in these circumstances, a differential diagnosis is difficult since the lack of some important details about clinical and physical signs from the patients.

For example:

1) presence of cutaneous rashes;
2) petechiae, subcutaneous hemorrhages;
3) urinary burning sensation;
4) diarrhea or watery diarrhea with or without blood;
5) state of consciousness;
6) aspect of the tongue;
7) aspect of the throat;
8) physical chest examination;
9) abdomen;
10) restlessness, agitation;
11) convulsions;
12) altered mental status and / or psychiatric abnormalities;
13) lack of appetite;
14) whole blood sample results;
15) concurrent presence of animal diseases;
16) unexplained illness in other people...