Big Country Teen Dies From H1N1
Reported by: Tim Caldwell
Wednesday, Oct 14, 2009 @07:18pm CDT
A Big Country 8th grader has died from the H1N1-flu.
According to Rotan Superintendent Kent Ruffin, Michael Soliz became sick several weeks ago. Soliz was taken to Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth, where he was in critical condition. After 3 weeks, Ruffins said his family took him off life support.
Along with the swine flu, the boy also had pneumonia and staph infection.
Counselors met with students today. The Rotan Funeral Home will be meeting with the family tomorrow morning to make the arrangements.
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Number of A/H1N1 flu cases rises to 10 in Turkish primary school
www.chinaview.cn 2009-10-15 07:19:25
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/15/content_12234524.htm
ANKARA, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) — Turkey’s Health Ministry said Wednesday five more people were diagnosed with the A/H1N1 flu in a primary school in the capital city Ankara, bringing the number of infected there to 10.
The ministry said the first five people, including two parents and three students, had been diagnosed with the flu in the Bilkent University Preparatory School Elementary School, the semi-official Anatolia news agency said.
One of the infected students returned to Turkey from Scotland and was hospitalized after symptoms of the flu were detected, it said.
The ministry said late Tuesday the school was closed for a week and would be disinfected, the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet Daily News reported Wednesday.
Turkey has seen 411 A/H1N1 flu cases as of Oct. 8, with no death reports, according to Anatolia.