Controversy over suspected case
July 30th, 2007
As poultry culling intensifies at the farm in India where the latest outbreak of bird flu was detected last week, there is dispute over the nature of the illness of one of the farm’s workers. A 40 year old man was admitted to hospital with flu like symptoms, but doctors at JN hospital, as well as those at RIMS, denied he is a case for the isolation wards set up in both of the units. The patient’s relatives say he is appearing to have all the avian influenza symptoms presented in the media. He developed high fever and was taken to hospital by his family, but eventually taken home.
The man regularly engaged in the feeding and caring of the livestock at the farm in question. Although health department staff have taken blood samples from farm workers the results are yet to be learned.