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Source: http://www.ansa.it/ansalatina/notizie/rubriche/amlat/20090806223034927142.html
Google translation;
BRAZIL: RISK OF COLLAPSE IN HOSPITALS FOR FLU
RIO DE JANEIRO, 6 (ANSA) - The Brazilian National Health Council warned that the country's hospitals can not cope with "the increased demand caused by people seeking medical attention with symptoms of common flu and alarmed by the influenza A .
"At this moment, millions of Brazilians with common flu, and that is part of our routine. But it is not right that millions of people resort to talking to the hospital network is caused by influenza A/H1N1 virus" said Francisco Batista J?nior, chairman of the Council.
"There is no way that our network can give an account of this demand," warned the specialist.
Meanwhile, the number of deaths confirmed by the state secretary for health in the country reached 132, after reporting three deaths in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, where the well reached total to 32.
The other confirmed deaths were recorded in Brazil in Sao Paulo (50), Paran? (25), Rio de Janeiro (19), Santa Catarina (3), Bay (1), Pernambuco (1) and Para?ba (1). GAT
06/08/2009 22:30
Google translation;
BRAZIL: RISK OF COLLAPSE IN HOSPITALS FOR FLU
RIO DE JANEIRO, 6 (ANSA) - The Brazilian National Health Council warned that the country's hospitals can not cope with "the increased demand caused by people seeking medical attention with symptoms of common flu and alarmed by the influenza A .
"At this moment, millions of Brazilians with common flu, and that is part of our routine. But it is not right that millions of people resort to talking to the hospital network is caused by influenza A/H1N1 virus" said Francisco Batista J?nior, chairman of the Council.
"There is no way that our network can give an account of this demand," warned the specialist.
Meanwhile, the number of deaths confirmed by the state secretary for health in the country reached 132, after reporting three deaths in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, where the well reached total to 32.
The other confirmed deaths were recorded in Brazil in Sao Paulo (50), Paran? (25), Rio de Janeiro (19), Santa Catarina (3), Bay (1), Pernambuco (1) and Para?ba (1). GAT
06/08/2009 22:30