Three Pregnant
Women In Hospital With AH1N1
Three pregnant women are in the San Juan de
Dios hospital, in San José, infected with
the AH1N1 flu virus, according to the
ministerio de Salud. One is intensive care
suffering from pneumonia.
Salud officials say the woman is in her 20th
week of gestation and admitted to hospital
last week, while the others are in
isolation.
Dr. Ana Morice, viceministra de Salud,
expalined that the women are in the high
risk group, similar to those who suffer from
diabetes, chronic pulmonary and smokers.
Dr. Morice said that a total of nine people
are in hospital with the AH1N1 flu virus,
one of the worst cases is of a 28 year old
man in the hospital in Quepos. The Calderón
Guardia (San José) is treating two cases and
two more in the Max Peralta (Cartago). At
the San Juan de Dios, there is one patient
in addition to the three pregnant women.
The total number of infected has risen to
227 and three deaths have been recorded.
The ministra de Salud, María Luisa Ávila, is
currently in Mexico attending a conference
on the AH1N1 flu virus.
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