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Thailand flu death toll rises to 3
Mon, Jun 29, 2009
The Nation/Asia News Network

THAILAND - Latest victim was naval conscript at Sattahib Base, total cases in Thailand rise to 1,330.
A naval conscript succumbed to the type-A (H1N1) influenza infection Monday morning, raising to three the number of the flu fatalities, the director-general of the Medical Department said.

Doctor Rewat Wisarutwej, the director-general of the Medical Department, also reported 41 new cases of type-A (H1N1) influenza, raising the accumulated number of the cases in Thailand to 1,330.

The naval conscript suffered from bleeding in lungs and his heart stopped beating several times Sunday night.

Doctors put him on respiratory system but he succumbed to the disease at 9 am Monday, Rewat said.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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