Six suspected bird flu patients test negative; to be discharge<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Doctors at the Sulianti Saroso hospital for infectious diseases
\nrevealed on Sunday that they will discharge six patients they had
\npreviously suspected had bird flu on Monday.<\/p>\n
They confirmed that the six had tested negative for the deadly
\nvirus.<\/p>\n
Hospital spokesman Ilham Patu added that the tests were
\nconducted at the laboratory of the Directorate General of
\nCommunicable Diseases Prevention at the Ministry of Health.<\/p>\n
The hospital sent blood samples of 15 patients, but only the
\nresults of six of the suspected bird flu cases have been
\nreceived.<\/p>\n
\"None of the six have the bird flu virus. They were suffering
\nfrom other ailments like typhoid, respiratory problems, and
\ncommon influenza,\" Ilham was quoted as saying by Antara.<\/p>\n
According to Ilham, the six no longer had the symptoms of bird
\nflu such as respiratory problem, cough and high fever,<\/p>\n
Ilham said the condition of eight other patients was also
\nimproving.<\/p>\n
Only one three-and-a-half-year-old patient was still receiving
\nintensive treatment. The child still has a high fever.<\/p>\n
The new patient was transferred from Pasar Rebo hospital in
\nEast Jakarta where he was hospitalized with a high fever on Oct.
\n7.<\/p>\n
Ilham said that according to relatives, the child was seen
\nplaying with a dead chicken belonging to a neighbor before he got
\nthe fever.<\/p>\n
Earlier on Wednesday, a 20-month-old infant, who was suspected
\nto have contracted avian influenza, died of acute pneumonia after
\nbeing treated for three days at the Sulianti Saroso hospital.<\/p>\n
The boy was taken on Oct. 2 by his family, who live in Semper,
\nNorth Jakarta, to the hospital with a high temperature and
\nrespiratory problems.<\/p>\n
The boy was moved to the intensive care unit on Oct. 3, but
\nhis condition worsened. He died at 9 p.m. on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
So far, three confirmed bird flu patients have died at the
\nSulianti Saroso hospital since August, not including the boy, who
\nwas not confirmed to have bird flu.<\/p>",
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