Eight dead in Maracay Central Hospital by unidentified illness
September 11, 2014 1:38 pmPublicado in: Featured, National, Health
Eight people have died in the last 72 hours at the Central Hospital of Maracay by an unidentified disease, denounced Thursday as the president of the Medical Association of Aragua state, Angel Sarmiento, reports The Carabobeño.
At a press conference from the guild hall, the doctor said that this is four adults and four children, who presented malaise, fever, body spots that later became blisters and internal bleeding.
Sarmiento reported by Union Radio that the samples have already been sent to the National Institute of Hygiene in Caracas, to determine the disease that caused their death. He denied that the Central Hospital of Maracay is in quarantine.
He rejected information that has been circulating on social networks about a possible isolation of the health center for this reason. He said that in the morning a contingency occurred in the 1st floor, organized by the same patients, but is not a formal decision by the health authorities.
He said the Health Corporation of Aragua State (Corposalud) issue in the next few hours a statement to confirm the 8 deaths and are expected to give more details of what happened and the investigations being carried out to clarify the causes of the deaths.
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The president of the Medical Association of Aragua state, Angel Sarmiento, gave a press conference to denounce the sudden death of children, adults and adolescents registered in the last hours in the Central Hospital of Maracay, publishes The Aragueño.
Sarmiento said that so far the diagnosis of patients who have died is unknown. He explained that this is an "acute hemorrhagic fever syndrome that results in death abruptly in a period not exceeding 72 hours," he added.
He reported that patients reach the hospital with symptoms maracayero from other municipalities and remote sectors. "
Until now eight deaths among adults and children should be recorded, "he said.
CMA president said waiting for the results of these cases by the National Institute of Health to determine the diagnosis of this "rare" disease unfamiliar details. He extended a call for calm among the public at large, not recommended while attending the premises of Central Hospital of Maracay, because, in his opinion, "to the visit could be affected," he said
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September 11, 2014 1:38 pmPublicado in: Featured, National, Health
Eight people have died in the last 72 hours at the Central Hospital of Maracay by an unidentified disease, denounced Thursday as the president of the Medical Association of Aragua state, Angel Sarmiento, reports The Carabobeño.
At a press conference from the guild hall, the doctor said that this is four adults and four children, who presented malaise, fever, body spots that later became blisters and internal bleeding.
Sarmiento reported by Union Radio that the samples have already been sent to the National Institute of Hygiene in Caracas, to determine the disease that caused their death. He denied that the Central Hospital of Maracay is in quarantine.
He rejected information that has been circulating on social networks about a possible isolation of the health center for this reason. He said that in the morning a contingency occurred in the 1st floor, organized by the same patients, but is not a formal decision by the health authorities.
He said the Health Corporation of Aragua State (Corposalud) issue in the next few hours a statement to confirm the 8 deaths and are expected to give more details of what happened and the investigations being carried out to clarify the causes of the deaths.
earlier
The president of the Medical Association of Aragua state, Angel Sarmiento, gave a press conference to denounce the sudden death of children, adults and adolescents registered in the last hours in the Central Hospital of Maracay, publishes The Aragueño.
Sarmiento said that so far the diagnosis of patients who have died is unknown. He explained that this is an "acute hemorrhagic fever syndrome that results in death abruptly in a period not exceeding 72 hours," he added.
He reported that patients reach the hospital with symptoms maracayero from other municipalities and remote sectors. "
Until now eight deaths among adults and children should be recorded, "he said.
CMA president said waiting for the results of these cases by the National Institute of Health to determine the diagnosis of this "rare" disease unfamiliar details. He extended a call for calm among the public at large, not recommended while attending the premises of Central Hospital of Maracay, because, in his opinion, "to the visit could be affected," he said
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