AH1N1 Deaths
Keeps Climbing In Costa Rica
A 60 year old woman has become the 22 death
from the AH1N1 virus in Costa Rica, while
the ministerio de Salud investigates the
death of a 25 year old man, which could
become death number 23.
The ministra de Salud, María Luisa Ávila,
explained the woman was asthmatic and
suffered from heart problems. Ávila said the
woman had been in isolation in the intensive
care unit of a San José hospital but did not
disclose which hospital.
An anonymous source to Inside Costa Rica
says the woman was at the Hospital México,
where a number of deaths suspected of the
AH1N1 virus are being investigated.
The death of the 25 year old man is being
investigated as the man was grossly obese
and displayed many of the symptoms of the
virus before his death on Tuesday.
The number of cases and suspected cases of
the virus is taxing the ability of the
health system to properly deal with the
pandemic.
For instance, the San Isidro de Heredia
clinic is at full capacity and does not
adequate space to handle the influx of
people.
Ana Virginia Leal, director of the clinic,
said that last week they has to use the
gymnasium of the local school located in
front of the clinic. The school was closed
last week due to the extended mid year
school vacation period.
The ministra de Salud confirmed that the
school had been used as a makeshift clinic
until the school principal asked for them to
leave.
However, ministra Ávila, explained that
there is shift to people being more aware
and careful with the virus. The ministra
said the number of people arriving at the
clinic in Heredia is now 20 a day, half of
the 40 daily they had been receiving over
the past several weeks.
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