Health ministry confirms 19th A/H1N1 death

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Updated : 8:00 AM, 10/01/2009
Health ministry confirms 16th A/H1N1 death

The Ministry of Health on September 30 confirmed another fatal case of A/H1N1, bringing the total toll to 16 in the country.

The victim was a 39-week pregnant woman, from the southern province of Dong Nai, who died on September 29.

Fortunately, her baby girl has survived.

The same day, 205 more cases of super flu infection were reported, raising the total number of patients to 9,058 with 16 fatalities.

According to Nguyen Huy Nga, Head of the Preventive Medicine and Environment Department, only four out of 63 cities and provinces nationwide are free of the disease, namely Bac Kan, Cao Bang, Dien Bien and Lai Chau in the northern mountainous areas.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Health ministry confirms 19th A/H1N1 death

She voted Wednesday dying from H1N1 influenza

2 / 10, Vietnam recorded three more patients with fatal H1N1 (2 ca in Ca Mau and one in HCMC), which has a 25-year-old female patient, 24 weeks pregnant.

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Notified by the Department of Preventive Health and Environment (Ministry of Health), 25 year-old pregnant woman living in Khanh An, U Minh, Ca Mau. Her disease started on 22/9 and obstetrics-gynecology hospital in Ca Mau on the same day. To 23 / 9, the patient was transferred to the inner heart Faculty Hospital Ca Mau. However, the 27/9 the patient's death.

Ca Monday mortality is also a 47-year-old female patient, in Phu My, Phu Tan district, Ca Mau. Disease patients starting on 24 ninths. 27 / 9, in patients treated in Faculty Hospital Internal Tran Van Thoi District. The night on 30/9 the patient's death.

Deaths Tuesday in Ho Chi Minh City are male patient, age 29, living in District 12, making a career driving up international schools in the area of the city. A few weeks ago, patients in Ho Chi Minh City Institute of heart because they were the heart, inflammation of the heart muscle. However, evolutions bad condition and he death at 14 hours on 2 / 10. Then, the health sector is the sampling test results are positive with H1N1 influenza.

Thus, a row in recent times, the number of deaths due to influenza H1N1 in Vietnam grew rapidly, especially up to four pregnant women died. Ministry of Health warns that pregnant women were subject to high risk. Thus, if expressed doubts the flu need medical facility for advice and treatment in time, limiting complications and death seriously.

Up to now 2 / 10, Vietnam has recorded 9461 cases positive for H1N1 flu, 19th case of death.

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