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Egypt - Media report: 100 people being treated for H5N1 bird flu in Abbasia Mental Hospital in Cairo - January 21, 2016

sharon sanders

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Individually .. more than 100 patients with hospital infection Abbasid ?bird flu?

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Hospital emergency and cancel vacations for all workers ... and instructions confidential talk and prevent the press

The transfer of five patients and three staff for "the Abbasid Fever" after ill health status ... and panic in the corridors of the hospital because the killer disease
Infection Control in the ministry gave patients "serum" necessary after isolating them in separate wards


More than 100 patients wounded Hospital mental Abbasia disease, bird flu, a few days ago, amid a severe blackout from officials of the hospital and the Ministry of Health, for not leaking the news to the media, and imposed a state of extreme secrecy about the incident, doctors, workers and prevented the hospital from the talk in the final incident and to avoid the media.
Sources at the hospital in private for "remarks Liberation": they "were surprised by a rise in the degree of patient temperature in hospital, and went for 39 and 40 degrees, and that was a companion to shortness of breath, as well as stress in the body," she said, adding that he was immediately notified officials of the Ministry of Health to inform them of the quality of the injury, which has its part to send a medical team from the ministry accompanied by another medical team from the Abbasid Fever Hospital, to determine the proper medical diagnosis for patients.
She noted the information that uniquely "Liberation" published that sections 3, 5 and 35 are signed by the incidence, exceeding the number of cases of the disease per cent, while worsened five cases of patients, were transferred immediately to the Abbasid Fever Hospital, for treatment, as has been Dealing with patients in a "defenseless" to bring the serum while the processor, from the ministry, for fear of contagion to the rest of the patients.
Once sure of injury patients avian influenza, based on the diagnosis of doctors, a medical team from the Department of Infection Control at the Ministry directed health to the hospital, and they give the vaccine patients to the virus causing the infection, and also was given the serum of the Department of Nursing same hospital, direct close contact with patients, as well as Last dosing of a number of doctors dealing directly with patients.
For his part, the imposition of director of the hospital a state of emergency, and issued a decision to cancel vacations and comforts weekly, and stressed the need to be present on an ongoing basis at the hospital to follow up the latest developments of the injury Hour, and stressed that hospital staff need to be careful if dealing with patients, especially after the injury of three workers department Nursing same symptoms, a very high temperatures, were transferred immediately to the Abbasid Fever Hospital, until their health improved, before it is once again returning to the workplace after a relative improvement.
"Sources" and completed to a state of panic seized control of the corridors of the hospital between all employees, whether doctors or even the management team, as soon as the spread of infection, and prevented the hospital administration none of the employees of talk in the news patients avian influenza, and stressed they should not leak news of the means media.
It is known that avian influenza, a viral disease targets birds, but it moves in rare cases to humans, and the cause of more than 12 types of viruses, and when the disease affects humans, it may be fatal, at times several, and it is necessary to know the symptoms of bird flu to review The doctor soon.
And flu symptoms for many birds, including sudden fever which degree the person temperatures up to 38 C or more, along with headaches, sore throat, and difficulty sleeping.
It can lead the bird flu to breathing difficulties and pneumonia and may eventually cause death.


http://www.mogaznews.com/Syash/513688.html
 
This hospital has a bad historical reputation for the lack of controlling infectious disease spread among patients.

Also, it is hard to know how many of the 100 actually are infected versus how many are being treated as prevention.
 
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