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Saturday, September 5

Taken from ST-Prime News 5 Sept 2009
(take note of the one in bold and italic! It concerns me!! gosh!)
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Hospitals on alert for new flu wave

Four-fifths of people in S'pore have not been exposed to H1N1 yet
By Jessica Jaganathan

HOSPITALS are on their guard for a possible second wave of Influenza A (H1N1), even as the number of cases dips.

Infectious disease experts estimate that the first wave infected about 700,000 people here. This means more than four-fifths of the population have still not been exposed to the virus.

The estimates were based on the fatality rate of 0.1 per cent - the ratio of deaths within the population - used by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for previous influenza pandemics.
Hospitals are making sure they have enough wards, manpower, medical supplies and infection control measures in place to deal with increased numbers, the Ministry of Health (MOH) told The Straits Times.

Alexandra Hospital, for instance, has been given funds by MOH to convert a private ward with 15 beds into a dedicated H1N1 ward.

The extra ward will double the number of beds that the hospital now has for H1N1 flu patients, who are housed together, separate from other patients. Alexandra needed all the beds at the peak of the outbreak last month.

As of Aug 31, 1,181 people with H1N1 had been hospitalised, with 77 needing intensive care. To date, 17 have died: four had no pre-existing conditions......

for the full text please go ST website...
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