KUWAIT CITY, June 27, (Agencies): Al-Ahmadi Hospital has been transferring suspected swine cases to the national infectious diseases hospital without any effect on its regular daily works. The hospital management said in a statement on Saturday the sections of the hospital are working normally and receiving patients and visitors routinely. Daily work has not been affected with the procedures for transfer of suspected cases of swine flu (A/H1N1) to the hospital for treating communicable diseases.
The hospital is functioning in accordance with the World Health Organization (WHO) regulations, recommendations and the instructions of Kuwait Ministry of Health. Al-Ahmadi Hospital has transferred three suspected cases of A/H1N1 to the Kuwaiti Infectious Diseases Hospital, for examination, the statement said, noting that it is the sole hospital specialized in treating communicable diseases in the country.
Kuwait has declared 15 A/H1N1 cases, including two children. Eight cases have been cured and discharged from hospital. The rest will leave eventually.
The national Ministry of Health has taken action in accordance with the recommendations of the WHO. The latest statistics of A/H1N1 cases recorded by WHO reached at 59,000 people infected in 76 countries around the world, mostly had been cured. But 263 people died from the virus.
Two confirmed swine flu sufferers have recovered, leaving Kuwait’s Hospital for Contagious Diseases, a health official said on Friday. Health Ministry spokesperson and Assistant Undersecretary for Medical Support Services Yousif Al-Nisf told KUNA that a total of eight people affected with swine flu have so far recovered, indicating that the remaining seven are soon to follow. He called on local residents to remain calm, underlining that the ministry has been fully attentive to the alert since its emergence, forming a strict emergency plan to face the pandemic. Al-Nisf also said he expected vaccines to be created by the end of the year according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
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The hospital is functioning in accordance with the World Health Organization (WHO) regulations, recommendations and the instructions of Kuwait Ministry of Health. Al-Ahmadi Hospital has transferred three suspected cases of A/H1N1 to the Kuwaiti Infectious Diseases Hospital, for examination, the statement said, noting that it is the sole hospital specialized in treating communicable diseases in the country.
Kuwait has declared 15 A/H1N1 cases, including two children. Eight cases have been cured and discharged from hospital. The rest will leave eventually.
The national Ministry of Health has taken action in accordance with the recommendations of the WHO. The latest statistics of A/H1N1 cases recorded by WHO reached at 59,000 people infected in 76 countries around the world, mostly had been cured. But 263 people died from the virus.
Two confirmed swine flu sufferers have recovered, leaving Kuwait’s Hospital for Contagious Diseases, a health official said on Friday. Health Ministry spokesperson and Assistant Undersecretary for Medical Support Services Yousif Al-Nisf told KUNA that a total of eight people affected with swine flu have so far recovered, indicating that the remaining seven are soon to follow. He called on local residents to remain calm, underlining that the ministry has been fully attentive to the alert since its emergence, forming a strict emergency plan to face the pandemic. Al-Nisf also said he expected vaccines to be created by the end of the year according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
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