Greece: 25 year old man dies of swine flu; second fatality

[Gert van der Hoek]

google translated; articel says 1st swinflu death, I guess it is the 2nd one. http://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/health..._Influenza_AH1N1_Situation_Report_1700hrs.pdf

New flu: Death in patients 25 years announced

NAFTEMPORIKI.GR Thursday, September 3, 2009 15:20

The last breath left 25 year old patient, Albanian, who was suffering from a new flu and nurses at the hospital «Annunciation».

Note that this is the first death in our country that is officially the virus I1N1.

Here's the official announcement of the Ministry of Health:

«On 03.09.2009 and 13.15 hours died in the Intensive Care Unit G.N. Immaculate, Albanian man 25 years, history of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and implanted apinidisti, suffering from grave AI1N1 influenza pneumonia, which led to grave acute respiratory failure.

The patient had many complications and multiorgan failure, by which he reached ».

http://www.naftemporiki.gr/news/static/09/09/03/1710259.htm

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Greece: 25 year old man dies of swine flu; second fatality

Novel influenza death at Evangelismos

A 25-year-old man of Albanian origin died in an ICU at Evangelismos hospital in Athens on Thursday, as a result of contracting H1N1 novel influenza.

A health ministry announcement said that the young man had a history of heart problems (hypertrophic myocardiopathy) and an implanted defibrillator.

He had developed acute pneumonia that led to serious respiratory failure, multiple complications and multiple organ failure that caused his death.

http://www.ana.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=7920063&service=142