Surabaya Avian Influenza Human Case
February 4th, 2009 § 5 Comments
On January 24, 2009 there was a new human case of Avian Influenza infection. The victim, S, 21 years, was a housemaid. She was living in Darmo Permai.
On January 31,2009 we went to the house of S and investigated the factor of infection. After we arrived there, many questions occured in our mind. How can she get infected? in what way? why there were many questions in our mind because we saw that the living are were clean and hygiene. No pets, no bird and no chicken in her house. According to her friend who lived there too, she had not contact with chicken before she got sick and she have had fever 3 days before finally the family took her to Soetomo Hospital. After we investigated deeply, we found the fact that everyday she went to wet market, which was about 1 km from her house. And in the wet market, we found 2 chicken seller who pooled chicken from many area in East Java. Until now we are still tracking the origin of the chicken and do the surveillance in that wet market.
And on February 2, 2009 we went to Muji Rahayu hospital. It was the first hospital which S came to the medical doctor and hospitalized before she finally was brought to Soetomo Hospital. In this hospital there were 32 health worker who involved directly to treat the victim.
Until now, the investigation is still going on.
FLASH NEWS : we got information that 5 staff of Soetomo Hospital are quarantine because suspected bird flu. One of the suspect is medical doctor
Hello, is that flash news info current? Do you have any more in about that quarantine?
Yes, that was current info. And about the quarantine, we just found that the medical doctor was negative H5N1, we did not know yet about the others hospital officer, because that information was restricted to know
Do you have any more information on the quarentine? When was the flash news added?
I am sorry until now I can’t find further information about that. We just find 1 fact that the medical doctor was negative H5N1 and now already recover. we add the this flash news 2 days after the hospital officer in quarantine which was Feb,1 2009
When you do get some more info. about the quarentine. Please share it.