Singapore records 4th H1N1-related death
By Lynda Hong, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 24 July 2009 2205 hrs
SINGAPORE: Singapore recorded its fourth H1N1-related death on Friday. The victim is a 42-year-old woman with hypertension and thyroid disease.
She sought medical treatment at Changi General Hospital (CGH) five days after showing H1N1 symptoms and was then transferred to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) on the same day.
Two more H1N1 cases were also admitted to ICU on Friday. The first – a 24-year-old man with no known risk factors – is now in stable condition at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH).
He sought treatment at TTSH's emergency department on July 23, a day after he displayed H1N1 symptoms, and was transferred to the ICU because of low oxygen saturation.
The second is a 28-year-old female foreigner with no known risk factors. She sought treatment at CGH's emergency department on July 23 after a four-day history of fever, cough and shortness of breath, and was admitted to ICU on the same day because of low oxygen saturation.
She is now on a ventilator and in critical condition.
In total, there are now five H1N1 patients in ICU. A 51-year-old woman with asthma has been transferred to a general ward from TTSH's ICU, where she was admitted on July 20.
By Lynda Hong, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 24 July 2009 2205 hrs
SINGAPORE: Singapore recorded its fourth H1N1-related death on Friday. The victim is a 42-year-old woman with hypertension and thyroid disease.
She sought medical treatment at Changi General Hospital (CGH) five days after showing H1N1 symptoms and was then transferred to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) on the same day.
Two more H1N1 cases were also admitted to ICU on Friday. The first – a 24-year-old man with no known risk factors – is now in stable condition at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH).
He sought treatment at TTSH's emergency department on July 23, a day after he displayed H1N1 symptoms, and was transferred to the ICU because of low oxygen saturation.
The second is a 28-year-old female foreigner with no known risk factors. She sought treatment at CGH's emergency department on July 23 after a four-day history of fever, cough and shortness of breath, and was admitted to ICU on the same day because of low oxygen saturation.
She is now on a ventilator and in critical condition.
In total, there are now five H1N1 patients in ICU. A 51-year-old woman with asthma has been transferred to a general ward from TTSH's ICU, where she was admitted on July 20.
