New bird flu patient admitted to hospital

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   New bird flu patient admitted to hospital 
JAKARTA: A 16-year-old patient suffering from bird flu has been admitted to Persahabatan Hospital in Rawamangun, East Jakarta.
The senior high school student, identified only as YF, was referred from Mitra Keluarga Hospital in Bekasi and admitted Thursday at 12:30 p.m. 
The head the hospital's bird flu anticipation division, Mukhtar Ikhsan, said the patient's condition was bad. 
"The patient has suffered acute pneumonia," he said as quoted by tempointeraktif.com. 
A doctor from the division, Erlina Burhan, said the patient's lungs were being treated with a ventilator. 
"The lungs can absorb oxygen up to 90 percent," she said. 
YF is the first patient treated for bird flu at the hospital this year. The hospital has treated as many as 14 bird flu patients with 12 deaths. -- JP 

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	New bird flu patient admitted to hospital JAKARTA: A 16-year-old patient suffering from bird flu has been admitted to Persahabatan Hospital in Rawamangun, East Jakarta. The senior high school student, identified only as YF, was referred from Mitra Keluarga Hospital in Bekasi and admitted Thursday at 12:30 p.m. The head the hospital's bird flu anticipation division, Mukhtar Ikhsan, said the patient's condition was bad. "The patient has suffered acute pneumonia," he said as quoted by tempointeraktif.com. A doctor from the division, Erlina Burhan, said the patient's lungs were being treated with a ventilator. "The lungs can absorb oxygen up to 90 percent," she said. YF is the first patient treated for bird flu at the hospital this year. The hospital has treated as many as 14 bird flu patients with 12 deaths. -- JP http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailcity.asp?fileid=20080114.C03&irec=2