CAIRO: Abdel Rahman Shahin, Ministry of Health spokesperson, reported the death of a 53-year-old man from Helwan named Ali Mohamed Rashad, making the total number of deaths 22. The victim was hospitalized on Wednesday November 25th in the private hospital called Al Salam International Hospital. He was in a critical condition suffering from severe respiratory problems and had difficulty breathing, and was later put in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) on a ventilator. Medical history reports indicate he also suffered from renal failure.
Even though the hospitals admits people infected by the swine flu, it does not have the tools to test for H1N1. Therefore, Ali's test was sent to a Central Laboratory that is an affiliate of the Ministry of Health on the same day he was hospitalized. The test resulted positive.
During the Eid El-Adha holiday weekend, eight more deaths were reported.
(Reliability: 8)
Comment: World Health Organization (WHO) has reported 7,820 deaths across 207 countries.
No comments:
Post a Comment