Tuesday, July 28, 2009

5th H1N1-related death in Singapore

Recently, a 34 year old Chinese woman passed away of pneumonia (a disease), with Influenza A (H1N1) infection as a contributing factor. Meanwhile, four more other H1N1 patients were admitted into ICU. The youngest is a 9 year old Chinese girl. Luckily, this little girl's condition is stable. The second case was a 23-year-old Malay man who had a history of epileptic fits. He developed high fever, drowsiness and seizures on July 25, and was admitted directly from the Emergency Department to the ICU on July 26. Laboratory tests confirmed he has Influenza A (H1N1). His condition is stable. The third patient was a 29-year-old Indian woman with no previous medical history. She sought treatment at Changi General Hospital (CGH) Emergency Department on July 25 after two days of fever, cough and chest discomfort. Test has confirmed that she has been affected by Influenza A. The fourth patient admitted into ICU was a 34-year-old Chinese man with a history of Down's syndrome. He sought treatment at CGH's Emergency Department on July 23 after two weeks of cough, sore throat and fever. And he was too confirmed of Influenza A. It is said that more people will die. If this gets worse, less people will want to travel overseas which will affect many countries economy. Same goes to Singapore. If less foreigners come here, Sentosa would very quiet. (Because that is where foreigners usually goes)I hope this doesn't get worse and hope everything would go back to normal.

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