PUTRAJAYA, July 23 (Bernama) -- An Indonesian man who was infected with Influenza A (H1N1) died of cardiac arrest on Tuesday due to ventricular fibrillation and not due to Influenza A.
Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said a preliminary post-mortem revealed that the patient was obese and suffered from symptoms akin to pneumonia and heart-related ailments.
"Twenty types of various specimens had been taken for virology, bacteriology, histopatology, biochemical and toxicology tests.
"As the outcome of the post-mortem tests had not been fully known, the cause of his death could not be finalised yet," he told reporters here on Thursday.
Liow said the obese factor and the long duration of the illness must also be taken into account in this case.
He said the case was still under investigation and the official result could only be announced on Saturday.
"It is learnt that the man had gone back to Indonesia for vacation and returned to Malaysia on July 5, and he was reported to be suffering from fever and cough since returning from Indonesia but he only had light symptoms.
"On July 20, he began to suffer from high fever and on July 21, he had gone for treatment at a private hospital in Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur," he said.
He said the 30-year-old man, a first year sudent at the International Center for Education in Islamic Finance, Kuala Lumpur was later pronounced dead at 11.50 am on the same day.
Source: Bernama
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