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Title: Kansas health officials Thursday announced the first death of a Kansan infected with the swine flu virus.
Source: The Wichita Eagle
URL Source: http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/1369450.html
Published: Aug 7, 2009
Author: The Wichita Eagle
Post Date: 2009-08-07 09:48:49 by TwentyTwelve
Keywords: Swine Flu, Made-In-A-Lab-Flu, Piggy Flu, Fake Flu
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Comments: 23

Posted on Thu, Aug. 06, 2009 11:27 PM

Kansas health officials Thursday announced the first death of a Kansan infected with the swine flu virus.

The victim was a middle-aged Sedgwick County woman who died of a chronic health condition but had contracted the H1N1 virus. Swine flu may have been a contributing factor but was not the cause of death, said Jennifer McCausland, Sedgwick County Health Department spokeswoman.

Officials also said a Riley County child has recovered from another strain of swine flu, H3N2.

| The Wichita Eagle

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The victim was a middle-aged Sedgwick County woman who died of a chronic health condition but had contracted the H1N1 virus. Swine flu may have been a contributing factor but was not the cause of death, said Jennifer McCausland, Sedgwick County Health Department spokeswoman.

The headline is quite deliberately misleading. This is someone who already was in very poor health and might have died without H1N1.

TooConservative  posted on  2009-08-07   10:50:58 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

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Page last updated at 17:12 GMT, Friday, 7 August 2009 18:12 UK

Swine flu girl 'was misdiagnosed'

A girl died from complications arising from tonsillitis after being misdiagnosed with swine flu over the phone by a GP, her father has claimed.

Charlotte Hartey, 16, of Oswestry, Shropshire, died in Royal Shrewsbury Hospital on 31 July.

A post-mortem test found she died of natural causes though her father Karl said the coroner told the family she died from blood poisoning.

The NHS has said it is reviewing her case.

Charlotte's family said she was diagnosed over the phone by a local GP on 22 July and prescribed tamiflu.

But her condition worsened and she was admitted to hospital on 29 July. She died two days later.

Changes need to be made... to make sure people don't fall through the cracks, like Charlotte did Karl Hartey

Mr Hartey said: "Charlotte was misdiagnosed. She was diagnosed with swine flu over the phone and treated for something she didn't have.

"She actually had tonsillitis and that led to her developing abscesses in her lungs and blood poisoning as the bacteria spread, which ultimately killed her.

"This was a death that shouldn't have happened. No-one should die from tonsillitis in 2009."

He criticised the NHS policy of diagnosing swine flu over the phone as a "dangerous game".

He said: "It's a systems problem - instigated by the Government. It has to take some responsibility.

"Clearly this call centre approach to diagnosing swine flu doesn't work and needs to be reappraised.

"Changes need to be made... to make sure people don't fall through the cracks, like Charlotte did.

"One life is too many."

'Deepest sympathies'

Charlotte's funeral will be held next Thursday.

Jo Chambers, chief executive of Shropshire County Primary Care Trust, said: "Our deepest sympathies are with the family at this difficult time.

"The PCT is currently reviewing the care given in this case, working with the hospital and GP practice.

"It would be inappropriate to comment on specific details of the case until that information is available and until all test results are known."

Dr Jane Povey, the trust's medical director, said it was important that people diagnosed with suspected swine flu should contact their GP if their condition did not improve within five days for children and seven days for adults.

The Department of Health refused to comment on the case.

TwentyTwelve  posted on  2009-08-07   16:28:38 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

Charlotte's family said she was diagnosed over the phone by a local GP...

Surely Obama would never let that happen here?? Perish the thought.....

X-15  posted on  2009-08-07   16:42:06 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

Charlotte's family said she was diagnosed over the phone by a local GP...

Surely Obama would never let that happen here?? Perish the thought.....

I'm thinking a call-center in India.

Lod  posted on  2009-08-07   16:53:13 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

Charlotte's family said she was diagnosed over the phone by a local GP...

Girl, two, dies after swine flu misdiagnosis

TwentyTwelve  posted on  2009-08-08   1:15:43 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

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Published: August 08, 2009 05:20 pm

Swine Flu claims life of child

By Jeremy Pittari

item Staff Writer

PICAYUNE — A young child from Mississippi with several underlying chronic conditions died from swine flu in late July.

Mississippi State Department of Health State Epidemiologist Dr. Mary Currier said the elementary aged child’s death was not confirmed to have been caused only by swine flu.. She declined to give out age, name or the sex of the child for privacy reasons.

An Associated Press story states the child was a 7 year-old who was being treated at an Alabama hospital. Currier said the child was from Jackson County and was not in school at the time of becoming ill.

As of Friday there have been about 436 deaths attributed to swine flu nationwide, 30 of which were children, Currier said. Since May there have been 365 cases of swine flu in Mississippi. This was the first death for this state. Without the promise of a vaccine until at least October or maybe later, Currier suggests personal protection to avoid contracting this strain or any strain of the flu. Each year there are about 36,000 deaths from the typical seasonal flu nationwide. To date only two cases of swine flu have been reported in Pearl River County.

Personal protection involves using everyday etiquette when sneezing or coughing. That includes sneezing into a tissue or sleeve and covering the mouth when coughing. Frequent hand washing is also suggested, especially for children in school. Schools should make efforts to provide soap in bathrooms for the children to use. If soap is not available then alcohol based sanitizers will also work. Currier said she understands that some schools do not allow alcohol based sanitizers so in those cases any type of hand sanitizer will be helpful.

School closures are not being recommended by the State Department of Health since the severity of swine flu is comparable to the seasonal flu. If for some reason the severity of swine flu increases then that might change.

Currier said the a difference with swine flu is that there seems to be a higher risk of vomiting and diarrhea. Also the very young, children under five years of age, and adults in the 25 to 45 age range appear to be hit the hardest by this strain of the flu, Currier said.

Parents who might be concerned their child has swine flu should look for symptoms including high fever with a cough on a child that appears to sleep all the time. Other symptoms include muscle aches, sore throat, vomiting and diarrhea.

The child should be taken to the hospital if it appears the illness is worsening quickly. Currier said if parents plan to take their child for medical care to call that facility to alert them of the situation so the child can be kept away from the general population upon arrival.

Once the vaccine is available Currier expects it be administered to health care providers and people with chronic illnesses first. About 150 million doses are expected to be available in October.

“My concern is that people won’t come get the vaccine,” Currier said.

She said the vaccine will involve two does, just for swine flu. An additional dose will also be administered for the seasonal flu. The vaccine itself will be free to the public, but there will be an administrative charge for those that can afford it.

About $2 million has been set aside to prepare the state to distribute the vaccine, which will cover hiring people to administer the vaccine.

Currier expects one of the first places for the vaccine to be administered will be schools. Pregnant women and young children not in school should also be among the first to get the vaccine. The vaccine will not be mandated, but is recommended.

Currier said the vaccine will not cause the flu, but will protect people from contracting swine flu. Even if people get the vaccine they could still contract the flu from airborne flu pathogens, but the vaccine will help protect them from severe symptoms.

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