Maurician hospitals overwhelmed

[Snowy Owl]

Les hôpitaux mauriciens débordés
MAURICE (ÎLE) - 11 avril 2006 - PANAPRESS Les différents hôpitaux de l'île Maurice sont débordés actuellement en raison du grand nombre de malades qui s'y rendent, certains souffrant de chikungunya et d'autres de fièvre qui ne serait pas liée à cette maladie virale, a constaté la PANA sur place.
Une visite dans les urgences des trois grands hôpitaux régionaux - hôpital Dr Jeetoo à Port-Louis, hôpital Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam à Pamplemousses, dans le nord de l'île,
et hôpital Princess Margaret à Quatre-Bornes, dans le centre de l'îl permis de voir à quel point le personnel médical (médecins, infirmiers et infirmières) travaillent dans des conditions difficiles.
Commentant cette situation, le ministre de la Santé, Satish Faugoo, a dit que cette situation ne découle pas d'une prolifération du chikungunya. "Le nombre de personnes infectées par ce virus est en baisse", a-t-il indiqué.
Selon lui, il n'y a rien d'anormal dans ces débordements car "chaque année, à pareille époque, plusieurs types d'infections virales - influenza, infections pulmonaires et gastro-entérite, provoquant de la fièvre, apparaissent".
M. Faugoo a demandé au département de Virologie de mener des tests en vue de déterminer le virus qui provoque ces fortes fièvres chez les Mauriciens.

http://www.jeuneafrique.com/jeune_afrique/article_depeche.asp?art_cle=PAN60026leshpsdrobd0

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[Snowy Owl]

Re: Les h?pitaux mauriciens d?bord?s

Re: Les h?pitaux mauriciens d?bord?s

Maurician hospitals overwhelmed

Maurice Island - April 1th 2006 - Panapress

The different hospitals of Maurice Island are actually overwhelmed because of the huge amount of people that goes there.

Some suffers of chikungunya and others of a fever that would not be linked to this viral disease has notice the PANA on site.

A visit in the three big regional hospitals - h?spital Dr Jeetoo at Port-Louis, h?spital Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam at Pamplemousses, in the north ofthe island and h?spital Princess Margaret at Quatre-Bornes, in the center of the island hasallowed to see to wich extent the medical personnal (GP's, RN'S) are working in a very difficult environment.

Commenting this situation, the Health Ministry, Satish Faugoo, said that this situation is not the consequence of a proliferation of the chikungunya.

''The number of infected individuals by this virus (Chikungunya) is going down, he stated.

In his opinion, there is nothing abnormal in these increase of patients since each year, at this time, many types of viral infections - influenza, respiatory infections and gastro-enteritis, all giving fevers pop's up.

M. Faugoo ask the Virology department de make some tests in order to identify the virus that triggered these high fevers in the Maurician people.

http://www.jeuneafrique.com/jeune_af...26leshpsdrobd0

 

[myredchinablues]

Re: Maurician hospitals overwhelmed

Are they saying that they have a mystery disease?

 

[Snowy Owl]

Re: Maurician hospitals overwhelmed

They are trying to identify the virus.

 

[myredchinablues]

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I wonder how long it takes to identify a known virus. It seems like they have had a lot of time to identify it if it isn't new.

 

[Snowy Owl]

A viral Fever for 20 000 people in 10 days

A viral Fever for 20 000 people in 10 days

Une fi?vre virale touche plus de 20 000 personnes en dix jours​

Intrigu?, le minist?re de la Sant? a envoy? des ?chantillons sanguins pour analyses ? la R?union. Le virus se pr?sente comme le chikungunya, mais dure moins longtemps.


Les sympt?mes sont similaires ? ceux du chikungunya ? forte pouss?e de fi?vre, courbatures, douleurs au niveau des articulations ? mais ce n?est pas cette maladie. C?est un autre virus qui s?vit depuis quelques semaines et dont le minist?re de la Sant? ne conna?t pas l?origine. Les autorit?s sont pour le moins ?intrigu?es?, pour reprendre l?expression d?un m?decin de l?Etat. Cette fi?vre touche toute la population, des enfants aux personnes ?g?es.

Le minist?re de la Sant? a donc demand? aux autorit?s sanitaires r?unionnaises d?effectuer des analyses sanguines approfondies. Les r?sultats devraient arriver d?ici la fin de la semaine.

Les chiffres du minist?re montrent que 20 000 personnes se sont pr?sent?es ces dix derniers jours dans les h?pitaux et centres de sant? avec une forte fi?vre et des courbatures. Nombre d?entre elles ont m?me eu des irritations cutan?es. Plus de 2 000 nouveaux cas sont enregistr?s chaque jour. Ces malades ne viennent pas d?une r?gion sp?cifique, comme c?est le cas pour le chikungunya.


Changement de saison

Au d?but de cette ?pid?mie, les autorit?s sanitaires croyaient que c??tait le chikungunya. Mais les rapports pathologiques des m?decins traitant dans les h?pitaux et les centres de sant? ont infirm? cette version. Outre le chikungunya, le minist?re avait attribu? cette ?pid?mie de fi?vre au changement de saison, mais il semble l? encore qu?il a d? rectifier le tir.

Des personnes malades t?moignent. ?Il n?y a pas de doute, c?est le chikungunya. On a eu une forte fi?vre, des courbatures dans les articulations et au bout de 48 heures tout est revenu ? la normale?, a d?clar? l?une d?entre elles ? l?express. D?autres ont m?me d? se faire aider pour se laver et s?habiller car elles ?taient compl?tement paralys?es. Or, les m?decins de l??tat affirment que le virus du chikungunya rend une personne malade pendant au moins cinq ? sept jours, alors que ce virus myst?rieux est pr?sent pendant seulement 48 heures chez le patient.

Par contre, les traitements de base sont les m?mes : antipyr?tiques, parac?tamol pour faire baisser la fi?vre et anti-inflammatoires pour traiter les douleurs.

D?autre part, les chiffres relatifs au chikungunya sont stables, selon le minist?re de la Sant?. Moins de 6 000 cas ont ?t? enregistr?s ? ce jour. Et la tendance serait ? la baisse.

http://www.lexpress.mu/display_article.php?news_id=62952

 

[Snowy Owl]

A viral Fever for 20 000 people in 10 days

A viral Fever for 20 000 people in 10 days

A viral fever for more than 20 000 people in ten days
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Puzzeld, the Health Ministry sent blood samples for analysis at la R?union island. The virus manifest the symptoms of the chikungunya, but last less longer.


The symptoms are similar of those of the chikungunya ? a high fever, stifness, pain in the articulations ? but it is not this disease. It isanother virus that is present since a few weeks and that the Health Ministry ignores the origin. The authorities are quite puzzled, cite a doctor of the State. This fever touch all the population, from young children to elderly people.

The Health Ministry asked the Sanitary Authority of the island of La R?union to make complete analysis of blood samples. The results should be available by the end of the week.

The figures shows that 20 000 people present themselves in the hospitals and Health Centers in the last 10 days, with high fever and stiffness.

Many of them had cutanous irritations. More than 2 000 new cases are registered each day. These people do not come from a specific region as in the case of chikungunya.

Season change

At the beginning of this epidemic, the sanitary authorities believed it was the chikungunya. But pathological reports from doctors on the field, in hospital and helath centers are saying it is not so. Beside chikungunya, the ministry has stated that this fever epidemic was cause by the season change, but then again they had to change their statements.

Sick people are saying, no doubt this is chikungunya. We have a high fever, stiffness in articulations and after 48 hours everything is back to normal, declared one of the patient to the Express. Others needed help to wash themselves and to get dressed because they where quite paralysed.

The doctors of the State says that chikungunya virus makes a person sick from 5 to 7 days, since this mysterious virus present symptoms for only 48 hours for the patients.

But the treatments are the same, antipyr?tics, parac?tamol to bring down the fever and anti-inflammatories for the pain.

Besides, the figures relativeto the chikungunya are stable, in the opinion of the health ministry. Less than 6 000 cases have been registered up to these day, and the trend is going down.

 

[Goju]

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Surveillence is up around the world for BF so when a fever hits they all go running to the hospital, and it gets the media's attention

That is good

But since these mass cases seem to be a form of Chik, I fear the H5N1 pandemic start will be entirely missed... until the deaths start...

Too late. Chik is causing the noise H5N1 needs to get roaring.

Oh i forgot, The there is lttle chance H5N1 will mutate into a Human 2 Human virus.