HK reports 55th fatality of Influenza A/H1N1
20:14, 6 January 2010
HONG KONG. January 6. KAZINFORM The Hospital Authority of Hong Kong announced Wednesday another fatal case of Influenza A/H1N1, bringing to 55 the total number of fatal cases of the flu, Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
An 85-year-old woman who had been bed-ridden and on tube feeding attended the Accident and Emergency Department at Pok Oi Hospital on Dec. 22, 2009 due to fever and acute dyspnoea, said the authority
Positive result for Influenza A/H1N1 was confirmed the same day. She was then transferred to the isolation ward of Tuen Mun Hospital for treatment and was prescribed with Tamiflu and antibiotics, Kazinform cites Xinhua. See www.chinaview.cn for full version.