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7ZR SDWLHQWV RI ELUG یX suspect from Bangli Preliminary examination declares positive Denpasar (Bali Post)— After having subsided almost for two years, the bird flu cases are re-turning up. The infectious disease caused by H5N1 virus and transmitted to humans through poultry infected two residents of Antugan Hamlet, Jehem Village, Bangli. The victims are a brother and sister respectively having the initial WA, 10, and NR, 5.
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WA and NR are referral patients from Bangli Hospital and arrived in Sanglah Hospital on Friday (Oct 7) around 5:00 p.m. Local Time. At first the both children came up with a diagnosis of pneumonia or lung infection. However, after further investigation by medical team in Sanglah Hospital, it was known that both patients had contact with chickens that died suddenly and they experienced a clinical symptom in accordance with the indication of bird flu. Director of Medical and Nursing Services of Sanglah Hospital, A.A.N. Jayakusuma, when giving a press conference on Saturday (Oct 8) said that having known the disease history of the victims, the bird flu countermeasure team of Sanglah Hospital immediately took action. “We immediately conducted an examination and laboratory investigation to ascertain whether the virus infected both victims is H5N1 or the virus causing bird flu. The laboratory tests carried out in Sanglah Hospital found if the results are positive,” said Jayakusuma. Despite the preliminary result declared positive, to affirm them as bird flu patients should be confirmed with three different laboratory tests, namely from Sanglah Hospital, Medical Faculty of Udayana University as well as Research and Development. According to Jayakusuma, the samples of both patients had been submitted for the examination to the Laboratory of Research and Development in Jakarta on Saturday (Oct 8) and were expected the result from the Medical Faculty of Udayana University could be issued immediately. ”If the three results declared positive, it means the patients can be stated positive to bird flu. Now their status is still as suspect,” he said. Continued on page 6
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The CCTV record in Sanglah Hospital shows the nurses are taking care the two bird flu suspect patients. Both of the patients were coming from Bangli Regency
Australia will do all it can to bring home a 14-year-old boy arrested in Indonesia for allegedly carrying marijuana, Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd said. The boy was allegedly in possession of a small amount of the drug when he was picked up on the resort island of Bali on Tuesday and could face a lengthy jail term if convicted.
Rudd said consular officials were in close contact with Indonesian authorities and he had told Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs to make the matter its top priority. “I think if you put yourself in the position of being a mum or a dad with a 14-year-old who’s got themselves caught up in this situation your heart would go out to the parents,” Rudd said late Thursday. “My heart goes out to the par-
ents. I’m sure many Australians would feel exactly the same and we will do all within our power to support them and to get this young fella back home.” Indonesian police sources have told AFP the teenager was arrested on Tuesday with 6.9 grams of marijuana as he returned to his hotel from a massage in the Kuta tourist area. Australian media reported that the boy told police the dealer said he had not eaten for a day and needed
money. He paid 250,000 rupiah ($25) for the drugs, reports said. Children face the same courts as adults in Indonesia and are often imprisoned with adults although there is a separate children’s cell in Bali’s Kerobokan jail. Several Australians have been arrested for drug possession on Bali island in recent years, while two traffickers are on death row and six serving life sentences in Kerobokan.