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The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:
The spokesperson of North District Hospital (NDH) made the following announcement today (February 7) regarding the death of a human swine influenza (HSI) patient:
A 58-year-old male patient with diabetes mellitus and hypertension developed fever and cough in Shenzhen on January 10. He was admitted to a local hospital on January 16 and prescribed Tamiflu and antibiotics. Positive result of HSI was confirmed on January 17. The patient has been put on ventilator support since January 24. Since the condition of the patient had deteriorated, he was transferred to NDH on January 27 and admitted to the Intensive Care Unit for further treatment. The patient finally succumbed at 1:14pm yesterday (February 6). The hospital would like to express condolences to the patient's family.
The case has been reported to the Hospital Authority Head Office and the Centre for Health Protection.
Ends/Sunday, February 7, 2010
Issued at HKT 17:29
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