Three Pregnant Women In Hospital With AH1N1
July 6th, 2009 | by admin |Three pregnant women are in the San Juan de Dios hospital, in San José, infected with the AH1N1 flu virus, according to the ministerio de Salud. One is intensive care suffering from pneumonia.
Salud officials say the woman is in her 20th week of gestation and admitted to hospital last week, while the others are in isolation.
Dr. Ana Morice, viceministra de Salud, expalined that the women are in the high risk group, similar to those who suffer from diabetes, chronic pulmonary and smokers.
Dr. Morice said that a total of nine people are in hospital with the AH1N1 flu virus, one of the worst cases is of a 28 year old man in the hospital in Quepos. The Calderón Guardia (San José) is treating two cases and two more in the Max Peralta (Cartago). At the San Juan de Dios, there is one patient in addition to the three pregnant women.
The total number of infected has risen to 227 and three deaths have been recorded.
The ministra de Salud, María Luisa Ávila, is currently in Mexico attending a conference on the AH1N1 flu virus.
