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Indonesian Dies of MERS in Saudi Arabia
By Dessy Sagita on 03:56 pm Apr 29, 2014
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?I have been informed that an Indonesian patient identified as N.A., who was undergoing an intensive treatment at King Saudi hospital in Jeddah because of MERS, died on Sunday, 1 p.m. local time after being treated for seven days,? Tjandra Yoga Aditama, the Ministry of Health?s director general of disease control, said on Tuesday.
Tjandra said the patient had died of renal failure and respiratory difficulties.
?I am still asking for information about tracing the people [the patient came into contact with] and expect these answers within two weeks,? Tjandra said. ?The case where a Malaysian died, for instance ? 200 people who had contact with the patient were examined.?
It was reported last week that a 61-year-old Indonesian, whose gender was not known, was rushed to a hospital in Jeddah on April 20 after showing symptoms consistent with Mers. It was reported that the patient was a resident of Saudi Arabia and not traveling on a pilgrimage....
Indonesian Dies of MERS in Saudi Arabia
By Dessy Sagita on 03:56 pm Apr 29, 2014
...
?I have been informed that an Indonesian patient identified as N.A., who was undergoing an intensive treatment at King Saudi hospital in Jeddah because of MERS, died on Sunday, 1 p.m. local time after being treated for seven days,? Tjandra Yoga Aditama, the Ministry of Health?s director general of disease control, said on Tuesday.
Tjandra said the patient had died of renal failure and respiratory difficulties.
?I am still asking for information about tracing the people [the patient came into contact with] and expect these answers within two weeks,? Tjandra said. ?The case where a Malaysian died, for instance ? 200 people who had contact with the patient were examined.?
It was reported last week that a 61-year-old Indonesian, whose gender was not known, was rushed to a hospital in Jeddah on April 20 after showing symptoms consistent with Mers. It was reported that the patient was a resident of Saudi Arabia and not traveling on a pilgrimage....