Egyptian 10-year-old girl infected with bird flu, dies

[Theresa42]

Re: Egyptian 10-year-old girl infected with bird flu, dies

The Health Ministry said in a statement that the girl was admitted to Qina Fever Hospital on Thursday.

Thanks, Dutchy!

Al Wafd reported that in addition to being in Qina Fever Hospital, Mayyada was intially treated in the "Central Hospital" for 3 days before being transferred on to "a private clinic in Qena City", then eventually on to Qina Fever Hospital, and finally to the International Hospital in Luxor where she died:

Her father, Tohami Hamid's garage 47 years of employee by the teacher of the hamlet of the preparatory villages [Naga villages prep school], said: that his daughter passed by a bitter trip during her treatment that started with its critics Central Hospital where she stayed 3 days and have been aided by primitive medicines.

Then the hospital then transferred her to a private clinic in Qena City and have been transferred to the Qina Fevers Hospital from which sample was taken and sent it to Cairo then they transferred her thereafter to the International Hospital of Luxor where her condition deteriorated there and the hospital administration refused her transfer to Cairo to the non presence of prepared cars.

[HenryN]

Re: Egyptian 10-year-old girl infected with bird flu, dies

Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 16

11 June 2007
The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population has confirmed a new human cases of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection. The case has been confirmed by the Egyptian Central Public Health Laboratory and by the US Naval Medical Research Unit No.3 (NAMRU-3).
The case is a 10 years old female from Qena Governorate. She developed symptoms on 1 June, was admitted to hospital on 6 June and died on 9 June. Initial investigations into the source of her infection indicate exposure to dead birds.
Of the 35 cases confirmed to date in Egypt, 15 have been fatal.

http://www.who.int/csr/don/2007_06_11/en/index.html

[Theresa42]

Re: Egyptian 10-year-old girl infected with bird flu, dies

Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 16

11 June 2007
The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population has confirmed a new human cases of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection. The case has been confirmed by the Egyptian Central Public Health Laboratory and by the US Naval Medical Research Unit No.3 (NAMRU-3).
The case is a 10 years old female from Qena Governorate. She developed symptoms on 1 June, was admitted to hospital on 6 June and died on 9 June. Initial investigations into the source of her infection indicate exposure to dead birds.
Of the 35 cases confirmed to date in Egypt, 15 have been fatal.

http://www.who.int/csr/don/2007_06_11/en/index.html

That date is misleading since it is probably the date she was admitted to Qina Fevers Hospital -- the penultimate hospital in which she was treated. Before that, she was in the "Central Hospital" for 3 days as well as having been brought to a private clinic. According to her father (machine-translated from Arabic):

Her father, Tohami Hamid's garage 47 years of employee by the teacher of the hamlet of the preparatory villages [Naga villages prep school], said: that his daughter passed by a bitter trip during her treatment that started with its critics Central Hospital where she stayed 3 days and have been aided by primitive medicines.

Then [my emphasis] the hospital then transferred her to a private clinic in Qena City and have been transferred to the Qina Fevers Hospital from which sample was taken and sent it to Cairo then they transferred her thereafter to the International Hospital of Luxor where her condition deteriorated there and the hospital administration refused her transfer to Cairo to the non presence of prepared cars.