PUTRAJAYA, July 29 (Bernama) -- A 20-year-old Malaysian women died from Influenza A(H1N1) yesterday, bringing the number of deaths since the contagious flu outbreak in this country to four.
Director-general of Health Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said the victim died at 9.40am at the Melaka Hospital due to severe community-acquired pneumonia, and samples taken from her throat yesterday showed she had Influenza A(H1N1).
"She had been having fever, sore throat and cough since July 16 and although her condition worsened, she only sought treatment at Melaka Hospital on July 26 where her chest X-ray showed that she had pneumonia.
"The same day at 8.30pm, she was transferred to the intensive-care unit when she had breathing difficulty and required a ventilator to breathe. On Monday, the patient developed complications, including "septicaemia secondary to community-acquired pneumonia, acute renal failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome" and died at 9.40am yesterday," he told reporters, here, Wednesday.
Source from: bernama
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