Search This Blog

Friday, August 6, 2010

Malaysia : Lata Bayu Leptospirosis Victims Discharged From Hospital

Via Bernama :

" SUNGAI PETANI, Aug 5 : The two persons who contracted leptospirosis (rat urine disease) at the Lata Bayu picnic spot in Baling near here were discharged from the Bukit Mertajam Hospital today after fully recovering.

Kedah health director Dr Marzukhi Md Isa said the two were among three friends who contracted the disease while picnicking at the spot.The other victim, a man in his 30s from Penang, however, died.

Speaking to reporters after closing an anti-dengue programme here, Dr Marzukhi said initial investigations revealed that the man who died, who was an employee of the Penang Hospital, had spent too much time immersed in water at the waterfalls at Lata Bayu

."We believe the pathogens had entered his body through the eyes, mouth or cuts on his skin causing him to suffer complications before succumbing to the disease."

No comments:

Post a Comment