Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
Influenza A, eleventh victim in Rimini
In Naples, four dead in three days
OCTOBER 29, 2009
The counting of deaths due to influenza A continues to rise in Italy.
The latest victim is diagnosed, the eleventh, Rimini is a woman of 43 years, died yesterday for severe respiratory failure in 'Hospital Sick.
The woman, who submitted pre-existing risk factors, was hospitalized for several days in intensive care, kept under constant observation by doctors and subjected to artificial respiration and therapies as appropriate.
The epidemiological investigation conducted by the operators of the Department of Public Health, helped to ensure that people who have had direct contact with the patient were not affected by the infection.
Influenza A continues to claim victims even in Naples, where they were four people died within three days. These are people who, although having other diseases, were infected with H1N1. The last in order of time was a doctor of 73 years died today in hospital Cotugno. Another doctor of 55 years died, while capital of Campania, on Tuesday he had done just before surgery. Yesterday was the turn of a pensioner of 65, the Cotugno hospital for other conditions.
And today, shortly before he knew of the death of the doctor settantatrenne, died at the same hospital a prisoner sentenced to life in prison, hospitalized for serious health conditions.
Meanwhile, the deputy minister Fazio explained that the recent data on the incidence of cases of influenza A in Italy are "gone up a lot and tell us that Italy is the country with the highest percentage of cases with Spain, about 380 to 100 thousand inhabitants. " According to Fazio, however, "influenza A is mild and under control."
OCTOBER 29, 2009
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In Naples, four dead in three days
OCTOBER 29, 2009
The counting of deaths due to influenza A continues to rise in Italy.
The latest victim is diagnosed, the eleventh, Rimini is a woman of 43 years, died yesterday for severe respiratory failure in 'Hospital Sick.
The woman, who submitted pre-existing risk factors, was hospitalized for several days in intensive care, kept under constant observation by doctors and subjected to artificial respiration and therapies as appropriate.
The epidemiological investigation conducted by the operators of the Department of Public Health, helped to ensure that people who have had direct contact with the patient were not affected by the infection.
Influenza A continues to claim victims even in Naples, where they were four people died within three days. These are people who, although having other diseases, were infected with H1N1. The last in order of time was a doctor of 73 years died today in hospital Cotugno. Another doctor of 55 years died, while capital of Campania, on Tuesday he had done just before surgery. Yesterday was the turn of a pensioner of 65, the Cotugno hospital for other conditions.
And today, shortly before he knew of the death of the doctor settantatrenne, died at the same hospital a prisoner sentenced to life in prison, hospitalized for serious health conditions.
Meanwhile, the deputy minister Fazio explained that the recent data on the incidence of cases of influenza A in Italy are "gone up a lot and tell us that Italy is the country with the highest percentage of cases with Spain, about 380 to 100 thousand inhabitants. " According to Fazio, however, "influenza A is mild and under control."
OCTOBER 29, 2009
http://da.feedsportal.com/c/32276/f...0E4785b4c0A23f30GDocRulesView0FLibero/ia1.htm