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Health fears that cold front trigger cases of A-H1N1
The Rivas wards would reopen if it grows filter number affected by the dangerous flu
09.01.10 - Updated: 09.01.10 07:47 pm - Writing: redaccion@laprensa.hn
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San Pedro Sula, Honduras
The 75 percent of the care of children in the pediatric emergency room in Mario Rivas hospital is respiratory ailments.
The care center director, Nicholas Montes, said the arrival of new cold fronts increases the number of children and adults with respiratory disease in Rivas and health centers in the city.
"We encourage people to try to cover well before the abrupt climate changes left by low temperatures and can reduce the defenses of children and adults," said Montes.
The head of the pediatric emergency room of Mario Rivas, Jackeline Chinchilla, reported that the sufferings that are entering the children are asthma, bronchitis, bronchiolitis and pneumonia.
Flu Shots
The epidemiologist with the Metropolitan Health Region, Daisy Suazo said that coverage of the day of vaccination against seasonal influenza or common cold is sixty per cent, so that they have extended the time of immunization of children and older adults to January 15.
"We have to get to 95 percent. So we ask the people who go to health centers because the vaccine is available. When they realize that the brigade is in your communities, please go to apply it, especially the elderly, "the expert stressed. The epidemiologist said that in some cases there are deaths from complications from the flu or seasonal flu.
Health Alert
Suazo said the cold weather favors the spread of influenza A/H1N1 virus, so it also asked people to continue with preventive measures emphasized by health authorities, including constantly washing your hands, cover your mouth coughing, call your doctor if you have symptoms like high fever, to assess sites and not attending high concentration of people to avoid infection.
Health authorities have declared the city on alert for a pandemic outbreak.
In the Mario Rivas, if necessary, reopen the filters and the isolation area. The medical staff and medicines necessary to treat infected patients are available, authorities confirmed.
Sampling
In San Pedro Sula was inaugurated in December 2009 a laboratory to analyze whether a person has influenza A/H1N1.
Microbiologists health center Miguel Paz Barahona, where does the laboratory, indicated that only being practiced sampling, which are sent to Tegucigalpa.
Currently over twenty samples taken a week at the Health Center, Social Security and Mario Rivas hospital. The results are slow coming one to two weeks.
Health fears that cold front trigger cases of A-H1N1
The Rivas wards would reopen if it grows filter number affected by the dangerous flu
09.01.10 - Updated: 09.01.10 07:47 pm - Writing: redaccion@laprensa.hn
RATE
Currently / 5 Stars Actually / 5 Stars12345current rating: Votes: 0 0 comments Print Send
San Pedro Sula, Honduras
The 75 percent of the care of children in the pediatric emergency room in Mario Rivas hospital is respiratory ailments.
The care center director, Nicholas Montes, said the arrival of new cold fronts increases the number of children and adults with respiratory disease in Rivas and health centers in the city.
"We encourage people to try to cover well before the abrupt climate changes left by low temperatures and can reduce the defenses of children and adults," said Montes.
The head of the pediatric emergency room of Mario Rivas, Jackeline Chinchilla, reported that the sufferings that are entering the children are asthma, bronchitis, bronchiolitis and pneumonia.
Flu Shots
The epidemiologist with the Metropolitan Health Region, Daisy Suazo said that coverage of the day of vaccination against seasonal influenza or common cold is sixty per cent, so that they have extended the time of immunization of children and older adults to January 15.
"We have to get to 95 percent. So we ask the people who go to health centers because the vaccine is available. When they realize that the brigade is in your communities, please go to apply it, especially the elderly, "the expert stressed. The epidemiologist said that in some cases there are deaths from complications from the flu or seasonal flu.
Health Alert
Suazo said the cold weather favors the spread of influenza A/H1N1 virus, so it also asked people to continue with preventive measures emphasized by health authorities, including constantly washing your hands, cover your mouth coughing, call your doctor if you have symptoms like high fever, to assess sites and not attending high concentration of people to avoid infection.
Health authorities have declared the city on alert for a pandemic outbreak.
In the Mario Rivas, if necessary, reopen the filters and the isolation area. The medical staff and medicines necessary to treat infected patients are available, authorities confirmed.
Sampling
In San Pedro Sula was inaugurated in December 2009 a laboratory to analyze whether a person has influenza A/H1N1.
Microbiologists health center Miguel Paz Barahona, where does the laboratory, indicated that only being practiced sampling, which are sent to Tegucigalpa.
Currently over twenty samples taken a week at the Health Center, Social Security and Mario Rivas hospital. The results are slow coming one to two weeks.