Wanita Muda Mangsa Jangkitan H1N1

KUALA LUMPUR, 2 Mac (Bernama) - Seorang wanita berusia 22 tahun mati Ahad lepas di Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM), Kubang Kerian kerana jangkitan berhubung Influenza A (H1N1).

Menteri Kesihatan Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai berkata wanita itu dimasukkan ke HUSM pada 15 Feb lepas kerana mengalami demam dan batuk selama lapan hari.

Mangsa telah mendapat rawatan di klinik swasta dan dirujuk terus ke HUSM pada hari yang sama.

Wanita itu disahkan sebagai jangkitan Influenza A (H1N1) pada 16 Feb dan dimasukkan ke Unit Rawatan Rapi akibat komplikasi jangkitan paru-paru keesokan hari.

"Pesakit meninggal dunia dua minggu kemudian dengan penyebab kematian dicatatkan sebagai 'septicemic shock with acute respiratory distress syndrome secondary to H1N1 infection'," Liow berkata dalam satu kenyataan.

Sebelum ini, angka kematian tempatan akibat H1N1 ialah 77.

Liow berkata walaupun jangkitan Influenza A (H1N1) bagi kes itu dikatakan sebagai 'secondary', namun ia menunjukkan penularan H1N1 walaupun masih rendah boleh menyebabkan kematian jika rawatan awal tidak diambil.

"Walaupun kematian akibat jangkitan Influenza A (H1N1) tidak banyak berlaku pada masa ini, Kementerian Kesihatan ingin menegaskan penularan jangkitan itu masih aktif di Malaysia dan berharap masyarakat akan terus mengamalkan langkah-langkah pencegahan yang telah disarankan bagi membendung penularan jangkitan di kalangan masyarakat," katanya.

SUMBER : BERNAMA

Woman Latest H1N1 Death

KUALA LUMPUR, March 2 (Bernama) - A 22-year-old woman died of H1N1-related illness at the Universiti Sains Malaysia Hospital (HUSM), Kubang Kerian, on Sunday.

Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said today the woman was admitted to the hospital on Feb 15 after having fever and cough for eight days.

She was treated at a private clinic and referred to the hospital the same day.

She was confirmed to be infected with Influenza A (H1N1) on Feb 16 and admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) after suffering lung complications the following day, Lion said in a statement.

She died two weeks later and the cause of death was recorded as septicaemic shock with acute respiratory distress syndrome secondary to H1N1 infection.

Prior to this, the H1N1 death toll was 77.

Liow said although the H1N1 infection in this case was said to be secondary, it showed that although the spread of the disease was low, it could cause death if not treated early.

"Although not many H1N1 deaths occur now, the Health Ministry wants to stress that the disease is still active in Malaysia and hopes that the society will continue to adopt preventive measures to contain the disease," he said.

SOURCE : BERNAMA