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Confirms that Rull?n couple of 24 years died of swine flu
The girl was taken to hospital in Cabo Rojo, the San Gerardo Hospital in Cupey and at Auxilio Mutuo Hospital. It was in the third where he conducted tests that were positive for influenza type A. (File)
Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Rosita Marrero / First Time
"No protocol was followed at two hospitals."
It all started with a fever of 38.7 degrees that attacked a girl who just started to live, and now, a virus filled his lungs with white, without cold, without having cough without pain in the bones, and after a few days died of "a work stoppage in the respiratory system," according to his autopsy.
Today, Tuesday, the state epidemiologist, Johnny Rull?n confirmed that died of swine flu.
On July 4 last, Marina, a fictitious name, who worked at the headquarters of the Service Center Conductor (Cesco), went along with his mother and sister to spend a few days at Cabo Rojo, where the fever attacked .
"As it was not a typical fever and was well red, took her to the hospital in Cabo Rojo. We do a CBC (blood test), the serum 24 hours to leave and give me the high on Sunday, July 5, "says her mother, who declined to identify.
A Marine will prescribe an antibiotic. The family decided to return to San Juan. Le fever rises to 39 degrees. She was taken to hospital in San Gerardo Cupey. Take away the antibiotic and you get another serum. At 4:00 pm the ship for home.
"The next day they tell me to repeat the CBC, which is seeking a dengue," said the mother.
She saw all normal. "The one who fell platelets.
Marina's sister, worried, asks the doctor to send to a plate.
"When I make plates, the doctor said: 'This is an atypical pneumonia'. Here begins the same correcorre. She was taken to hospital Auxilio Mutuo. You get oxygen, serum, the casing, it collates gases, will make rapid test, plaques and stabilize, their defenses go down ... Tested positive for influenza type A and was sent to analyze the test in a laboratory in the United States. "
Marina passed away last Saturday. His sister, as it became known today, is hospitalized with similar signs.
These are not the only cases of pneumonia that is now in the Mutual Aid and other hospitals, such as Caguas, San Juan and Mayaguez, it is known.
"Since the flu is in Puerto Rico"
Biosecurity director of the Health Department, Rafael Burgos Calder?n, told Primera Hora that already in the island no mandar a confirmatory test in Atlanta, because the virus is here and is already in secondary transmission to others.
"We now begin to do other confirmatory tests. We are in communication with doctors Auxilio Mutuo. With pneumologists. What we did say is that rapid tests and that tests had been negative for influenza A, and the third was positive, "Burgos said yesterday, Monday.
Both Cesco employees who worked with the Navy as a Hospital Auxilio Mutuo has been done to test swine flu.
Burgos was confirmed in the early hours that many cases of lung diseases that are reaching the hospital, and they are requesting that they provide information.
Confirms that Rull?n couple of 24 years died of swine flu
The girl was taken to hospital in Cabo Rojo, the San Gerardo Hospital in Cupey and at Auxilio Mutuo Hospital. It was in the third where he conducted tests that were positive for influenza type A. (File)
Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Rosita Marrero / First Time
"No protocol was followed at two hospitals."
It all started with a fever of 38.7 degrees that attacked a girl who just started to live, and now, a virus filled his lungs with white, without cold, without having cough without pain in the bones, and after a few days died of "a work stoppage in the respiratory system," according to his autopsy.
Today, Tuesday, the state epidemiologist, Johnny Rull?n confirmed that died of swine flu.
On July 4 last, Marina, a fictitious name, who worked at the headquarters of the Service Center Conductor (Cesco), went along with his mother and sister to spend a few days at Cabo Rojo, where the fever attacked .
"As it was not a typical fever and was well red, took her to the hospital in Cabo Rojo. We do a CBC (blood test), the serum 24 hours to leave and give me the high on Sunday, July 5, "says her mother, who declined to identify.
A Marine will prescribe an antibiotic. The family decided to return to San Juan. Le fever rises to 39 degrees. She was taken to hospital in San Gerardo Cupey. Take away the antibiotic and you get another serum. At 4:00 pm the ship for home.
"The next day they tell me to repeat the CBC, which is seeking a dengue," said the mother.
She saw all normal. "The one who fell platelets.
Marina's sister, worried, asks the doctor to send to a plate.
"When I make plates, the doctor said: 'This is an atypical pneumonia'. Here begins the same correcorre. She was taken to hospital Auxilio Mutuo. You get oxygen, serum, the casing, it collates gases, will make rapid test, plaques and stabilize, their defenses go down ... Tested positive for influenza type A and was sent to analyze the test in a laboratory in the United States. "
Marina passed away last Saturday. His sister, as it became known today, is hospitalized with similar signs.
These are not the only cases of pneumonia that is now in the Mutual Aid and other hospitals, such as Caguas, San Juan and Mayaguez, it is known.
"Since the flu is in Puerto Rico"
Biosecurity director of the Health Department, Rafael Burgos Calder?n, told Primera Hora that already in the island no mandar a confirmatory test in Atlanta, because the virus is here and is already in secondary transmission to others.
"We now begin to do other confirmatory tests. We are in communication with doctors Auxilio Mutuo. With pneumologists. What we did say is that rapid tests and that tests had been negative for influenza A, and the third was positive, "Burgos said yesterday, Monday.
Both Cesco employees who worked with the Navy as a Hospital Auxilio Mutuo has been done to test swine flu.
Burgos was confirmed in the early hours that many cases of lung diseases that are reaching the hospital, and they are requesting that they provide information.