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Kuwait confirms sixth swine flu fatality
by Martin Morris on Sunday, 13 September 2009
Kuwait?s Ministry of Health confirmed a sixth swine flu related fatality on Sunday.
Health ministry spokesman Dr. Qais Al-Dowairi told KUNA a 50 year-old woman, suffering kidney failure in addition to cardiac enlargement, had passed away 24 hours after having being brought into hospital.
The patient had been in isolation and her death was due to complications because of her poor health, he said.
The total number of the swine cases in Kuwait since April has reached 2,157, mostly have been cured.
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/567623-kuwait-confirms-sixth-swine-flu-fatality
by Martin Morris on Sunday, 13 September 2009
Kuwait?s Ministry of Health confirmed a sixth swine flu related fatality on Sunday.
Health ministry spokesman Dr. Qais Al-Dowairi told KUNA a 50 year-old woman, suffering kidney failure in addition to cardiac enlargement, had passed away 24 hours after having being brought into hospital.
The patient had been in isolation and her death was due to complications because of her poor health, he said.
The total number of the swine cases in Kuwait since April has reached 2,157, mostly have been cured.
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/567623-kuwait-confirms-sixth-swine-flu-fatality