Indonesia: Family 'infected' with bird flu

[Susie]

Indonesia: Family 'infected' with bird flu

http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=20060419.D06&irec=9

BANDARLAMPUNG, Lampung: A family of five was admitted to Abdul Moeloek hospital in Bandurlampung on Sunday, all suffering from suspected bird flu.

The family -- Abidi, the husband and his wife Sarmawati, both 52, and three of their six children, Septi, 12, Fitri, 8 and Putra, 5 -- are now being treated in an isolation room. The five have all demonstrated a high fever and a cough, symptoms of the deadly bird flu.

Sarmawati has been treated at the hospital since last Thursday. Her other three children had been diagnosed with bird flu earlier. Mohtar Rozi, 15, died March 31, and Betharia, 19, died April 4, while Bakhrudin, 26, is still being treated at the hospital.

Both Mohtar and Betharia died at home before they could be sent to the hospital. Their parents had limited funds and knew little about the virus.

Laboratory tests on drug samples taken from the patients confirmed Bakhrudin, Septi, Fitri and Putra were infected with the bird flu virus, while Abidi and Sarmawati were negative, according to data from the Lampung health office.

In 2004 at least 1.83 million hens in nine regencies throughout Lampung province died, possibly from bird flu, and last year the virus killed another 4,305 hens in the province.

Seven other suspected bird flu patients had been admitted to Abdul Moeloek hospital before the family. After appropriate medical treatment, all recovered. -- JP

 

[LMonty]

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articles like this just make my heart hurt. how long before this becomes common? never, I hope. but its just so likely that its going to happen, I hope I can be mentally and emotionally ready.

we're going to need each other, just to keep going. I sure wouldnt want to be facing this alone, without help.

 

[Susie]

Re: Indonesia: Family 'infected' with bird flu

articles like this just make my heart hurt. how long before this becomes common? never, I hope. but its just so likely that its going to happen, I hope I can be mentally and emotionally ready.

we're going to need each other, just to keep going. I sure wouldnt want to be facing this alone, without help.

No, I think that the human race has faced much worse in its time, and the key mantras are 'radiate positivity' and 'be prepared'.

If it's not bird flu it will be something else environmental or geo-political within a few years. My instinct is that one way or anther humankind is just putting too much pressure on the earth and its resources, and somehow an adjustment will happen soon. I'm over 50 and for the last 20 years I've been reading articles about "The Earth is dying..." and " It may happen in our lifetime" . So, what's the surprise - we've all really known something was coming.

The key is - not what we might lose - but what we , or our genes, can survive with. I gave part of my bird-flu preparations to my 7-month pregnant daughter, to keep her going - there's a whole generation there to be considered; they may grow up with a different prospect ahead and we should be preparing what they are taught.

Most of us have been lucky enough to live relatively comfortable lives, I guess -by the nature of it, if we have the resources to read an internet forum in English then we are privileged.

What we need now is a new generation of leaders to emerge, who recognise what the trends are and what may happen, and act accordingly. And then we must back them and support them. That's the best preparation.

 

[Snowy Owl]

Family infected with bird flu

Family infected with bird flu

Family infected with bird flu
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]BANDARLAMPUNG,

Lampung: A family of five was admitted to Abdul Moeloek hospital in Bandurlampung on Sunday, all suffering from suspected bird flu.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica] The family -- Abidi, the husband and his wife Sarmawati, both 52, and three of their six children, Septi, 12, Fitri, 8 and Putra, 5 -- are now being treated in an isolation room. The five have all demonstrated a high fever and a cough, symptoms of the deadly bird flu.

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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica] Sarmawati has been treated at the hospital since last Thursday. Her other three children had been diagnosed with bird flu earlier. Mohtar Rozi, 15, died March 31, and Betharia, 19, died April 4, while Bakhrudin, 26, is still being treated at the hospital. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica] Both Mohtar and Betharia died at home before they could be sent to the hospital. Their parents had limited funds and knew little about the virus. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica] Laboratory tests on drug samples taken from the patients confirmed Bakhrudin, Septi, Fitri and Putra were infected with the bird flu virus, while Abidi and Sarmawati were negative, according to data from the Lampung health office
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica] In 2004 at least 1.83 million hens in nine regencies throughout Lampung province died, possibly from bird flu, and last year the virus killed another 4,305 hens in the province. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica] Seven other suspected bird flu patients had been admitted to Abdul Moeloek hospital before the family. After appropriate medical treatment, all recovered[/FONT]

 

[HenryN]

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Metrotvnews.com, Banda Lampung: the Patient suspect bird flu in Banda Lampung, Lampung, improved to five people.They came from one family.This new patient was Habidin and his three children.Since Ahad (16/4), they were treated in the Abdoel Moeloek Hospital, Banda Lampung.Whereas one patient still is Sarwati, the wife Habidin that also your mother Fakhruddin that died because suspect bird flu.Habidin and his three children lived in the Tanjungratu Village, the Ketibung Subdistrict, Lampung South.Since five days set, Habidin and his three children, that is Septi Herliani, Fitriyani and the Superior Echo of the son complained suffered hot high.They also suffered breathless and laryngitis, resembled the bird flu sufferer.Habidin was treated in Isolation Space with Sarwati.This Habidin wife entered the hospital since Tuesday set together Fakhrudin, their eldest child.Fakhrudin died on Friday set.Beforehand two children Habidin and Sarwati, that is Mohtar Rozi and Betharia also died because of the same sign.(DEN)

http://www.metrotvnews.com/berita.asp?id=14903

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[Snowy Owl]

Re: Indonesia: Family 'infected' with bird flu

No, I think that the human race has faced much worse in its time, and the key mantras are 'radiate positivity' and 'be prepared'.

If it's not bird flu it will be something else environmental or geo-political within a few years. My instinct is that one way or anther humankind is just putting too much pressure on the earth and its resources, and somehow an adjustment will happen soon. I'm over 50 and for the last 20 years I've been reading articles about "The Earth is dying..." and " It may happen in our lifetime" . So, what's the surprise - we've all really known something was coming.

The key is - not what we might lose - but what we , or our genes, can survive with. I gave part of my bird-flu preparations to my 7-month pregnant daughter, to keep her going - there's a whole generation there to be considered; they may grow up with a different prospect ahead and we should be preparing what they are taught.

Most of us have been lucky enough to live relatively comfortable lives, I guess -by the nature of it, if we have the resources to read an internet forum in English then we are privileged.

What we need now is a new generation of leaders to emerge, who recognise what the trends are and what may happen, and act accordingly. And then we must back them and support them. That's the best preparation.

Very well said Susie, and yes we had a lot of privileges and now indeed is the time for many of us to support and back the youths, they are the leaders of the new future.

 

[momsrx]

Re: Family infected with bird flu

Re: Family infected with bird flu

A family... 8 members, two of which have died. What more proof of H2H does any one need? Pictures of the five year old butchering?

 

[achoo]

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Re: Family infected with bird flu

24th HPAI Indonesian victim

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Indonesia confirms 24th human death from bird flu

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]JAKARTA (AP): International tests have confirmed an Indonesian man who died earlier this month had bird flu, bringing the sprawling country's death toll from the virus to 24, a senior health ministry official said Wednesday.
Indonesia's bird flu case load is the second highest in the world after Vietnam, and the country is logging cases faster than anywhere else, leading some international health experts to say it could do more to battle the virus.
Investigations were being carried out to confirm the source of the latest infection, said Hariadi Wibisono.
The 24-year-old man died in an infectious diseases hospital in the capital, Jakarta, on April 8, he said.
On Tuesday, Indonesia's agriculture minister said the country was winning its fight against bird flu despite the continuous stream of new cases, and expected to be free of the killer virus by 2008.
The disease is rampant in chicken flocks across Indonesia.
The government is vaccinating birds, and carrying out limited culls in areas where humans have died. It says it lacks the money for mass slaughtering in infected areas, the tactic recommended by the United Nations as the best way to beat the virus.
Not including Indonesia's latest death, the H5N1 virus has killed 109 people in nine countries, mostly in Asia, according to tally maintained by WHO. Health experts say it remains difficult for humans to catch H5N1, but they fear the virus could mutate into a form more easily transmitted among people and set off a flu pandemic that could kill millions worldwide. (***)[/FONT] <!--<hr noshade size="1" color="#333333">-->