Mother of four Katrina Day dies in hospital after complications from influenza
Janelle Miles
The Courier-Mail
August 27, 201212:37PM
A PREVIOUSLY healthy young mum has died in The Prince Charles Hospital after falling ill with the flu.
Mother of four Katrina Day, from Woombye, on the Sunshine Coast, had been in the hospital's intensive care unit for more than a month.
She's the third Queenslander to die in the hospital from flu complications in three weeks following the deaths of a 16-year-old boy and a man, in his 50s.
Her husband, Nick Day, spoke to The Courier-Mail last week about his wife's illness, wanting to warn people about the dangers of the flu, even in people who are fit and healthy.
...
Flu epidemic not over yet: Qld Health
From: AAP August 27, 2012 6:26PM
WHILE the number of medical notifications is falling, Queensland Health (QH) says it's too early to say the flu epidemic sweeping the state is over.
QH says it can't confirm three people have died from flu complications in the past three weeks - including a 38-year-old woman who died on Monday.
The Courier Mail reports the mother of four had been in the Prince Charles Hospital's intensive care unit for more than a month before she died.
...
Janelle Miles
The Courier-Mail
August 27, 201212:37PM
A PREVIOUSLY healthy young mum has died in The Prince Charles Hospital after falling ill with the flu.
Mother of four Katrina Day, from Woombye, on the Sunshine Coast, had been in the hospital's intensive care unit for more than a month.
She's the third Queenslander to die in the hospital from flu complications in three weeks following the deaths of a 16-year-old boy and a man, in his 50s.
Her husband, Nick Day, spoke to The Courier-Mail last week about his wife's illness, wanting to warn people about the dangers of the flu, even in people who are fit and healthy.
...
Flu epidemic not over yet: Qld Health
From: AAP August 27, 2012 6:26PM
WHILE the number of medical notifications is falling, Queensland Health (QH) says it's too early to say the flu epidemic sweeping the state is over.
QH says it can't confirm three people have died from flu complications in the past three weeks - including a 38-year-old woman who died on Monday.
The Courier Mail reports the mother of four had been in the Prince Charles Hospital's intensive care unit for more than a month before she died.
...
Comment