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Re: Indonesia Human Cases - April 9, 2008+
Re: Indonesia Human Cases - April 9, 2008+
From Media Indonesia on Riau: this report confirms the new procedure: put suspect patients on Tamiflu. Only if their conditions worsens they are hospitalized.
Note: Toggletext translates the initials "AS" into "USA" ; so if you read USA in other reports it is the same person as AS. .
On Monday, April 14 2008
Six Riau residents Suspect Bird Flu
Pekanbaru-RoL -- As Many As six Riau residents were at this time expected or suspect bird flu (avian influenza-AI) after contact with the poultry that died, said an official of the Health of the Service (Diskes) Riau in Pekanbaru, on Monday.
From six people of two including coming from the Siak Regency and four other from Rokan Hilir (Rohil), said Kasubdis Pelayanan Kesehatan and the Nutrient Diskes Riau, Burhanudin Agung to Antara.
Burhanudin explained, two patients who came from the Rantaupanjang Village, Kecamatan Koto Gasip, Kabupaten Siak that is having the initials LZ and AS at the moment was treated in RSUD Arifin Achmad.
The patient LZ was placed in special isolation space bird flu, whereas AS in maintenance space of the lungs.
AS personally was not placed in special isolation space bird flu because of his situation improved and his leucocytes no longer was under the figure 5,000, but 6,800. AS at the moment only remained experienced breathless while the temperature of his body has been normal, he said.
Now four people who came from Kepenghuluan Balam Sempurna, Kecamatan Bagansinembah, Kabupaten Rokan Hilir it was known had the initials F (32), E (15), M. (11), and one other person still could not be ascertained by his identity because still must be waiting for further information from the official in the field.
Burhan continued, four Rohil residents at this time still was in the house each with continued to be supervised by the team of the Health of the Service that was in the location.
We were still carrying out observation against the four suspect that was in Rohil and gave them tamiflu continuously. If their condition worsened, then just was reconciled by us to the hospital of bird flu reconciliation, he said.
He added, the Riau Province was one of the three provinces that became the territory of the case of the netting test suspect bird flu by the Department of the Health. Two other provinces apart from Riau that was tested namely Banten and West Java.
By being chosen by him Riau became the netting territory then if having the resident who had carried out contact with the poultry experienced the fever, then immediately was appointed as suspect bird flu, said Burhan.
According to him, four people from Rohil were the patient who was appointed as suspect through the netting that was carried out by the Kesehatan Service of the Rohil Regency, because that they were indirectly reconciled but done by observation before.
Despite not all suspect was placed in special isolation space bird flu, but Diskes Riau with the team of the control doctor of bird flu took the sample of blood and wiped off nose mucus and the throat (SWAP) suspect bird flu to be researched on the Penelitian Dan Pengembangan Kesehatan Body (Balitbangkes) the Department of the Health in Jakarta.
Possibly results of the research will be obtained by us this afternoon or on Tuesday tomorrow, said Burhan.
http://www.mediaindonesia.com/berita.asp?id=166385
Re: Indonesia Human Cases - April 9, 2008+
From Media Indonesia on Riau: this report confirms the new procedure: put suspect patients on Tamiflu. Only if their conditions worsens they are hospitalized.
Note: Toggletext translates the initials "AS" into "USA" ; so if you read USA in other reports it is the same person as AS. .
On Monday, April 14 2008
Six Riau residents Suspect Bird Flu
Pekanbaru-RoL -- As Many As six Riau residents were at this time expected or suspect bird flu (avian influenza-AI) after contact with the poultry that died, said an official of the Health of the Service (Diskes) Riau in Pekanbaru, on Monday.
From six people of two including coming from the Siak Regency and four other from Rokan Hilir (Rohil), said Kasubdis Pelayanan Kesehatan and the Nutrient Diskes Riau, Burhanudin Agung to Antara.
Burhanudin explained, two patients who came from the Rantaupanjang Village, Kecamatan Koto Gasip, Kabupaten Siak that is having the initials LZ and AS at the moment was treated in RSUD Arifin Achmad.
The patient LZ was placed in special isolation space bird flu, whereas AS in maintenance space of the lungs.
AS personally was not placed in special isolation space bird flu because of his situation improved and his leucocytes no longer was under the figure 5,000, but 6,800. AS at the moment only remained experienced breathless while the temperature of his body has been normal, he said.
Now four people who came from Kepenghuluan Balam Sempurna, Kecamatan Bagansinembah, Kabupaten Rokan Hilir it was known had the initials F (32), E (15), M. (11), and one other person still could not be ascertained by his identity because still must be waiting for further information from the official in the field.
Burhan continued, four Rohil residents at this time still was in the house each with continued to be supervised by the team of the Health of the Service that was in the location.
We were still carrying out observation against the four suspect that was in Rohil and gave them tamiflu continuously. If their condition worsened, then just was reconciled by us to the hospital of bird flu reconciliation, he said.
He added, the Riau Province was one of the three provinces that became the territory of the case of the netting test suspect bird flu by the Department of the Health. Two other provinces apart from Riau that was tested namely Banten and West Java.
By being chosen by him Riau became the netting territory then if having the resident who had carried out contact with the poultry experienced the fever, then immediately was appointed as suspect bird flu, said Burhan.
According to him, four people from Rohil were the patient who was appointed as suspect through the netting that was carried out by the Kesehatan Service of the Rohil Regency, because that they were indirectly reconciled but done by observation before.
Despite not all suspect was placed in special isolation space bird flu, but Diskes Riau with the team of the control doctor of bird flu took the sample of blood and wiped off nose mucus and the throat (SWAP) suspect bird flu to be researched on the Penelitian Dan Pengembangan Kesehatan Body (Balitbangkes) the Department of the Health in Jakarta.
Possibly results of the research will be obtained by us this afternoon or on Tuesday tomorrow, said Burhan.
http://www.mediaindonesia.com/berita.asp?id=166385