Via Express :
" THE flu epidemic gripping Britain has claimed at least 50 lives so far and vaccinations against the killer virus are likely to run out in days, it emerged yesterday.
Almost one in three of the victims was perfectly healthy with no underlying symptoms before they fell ill.
Increasing public alarm at the scale of the epidemic has prompted a growing number of people to demand the seasonal flu jab from their doctor.
But with vaccine supplies becoming low, the Government has ordered any GPs who run out to instead offer patients swine flu jabs left over from the 2009 outbreak to ensure they have at least some protection.
Officials now admit that a complete review of how flu jabs are ordered is needed to find out what went wrong this winter.
The decision to offer old jabs to patients came amid fears that swine flu is continuing to kill younger people or make them seriously ill."
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Friday, December 31, 2010
Scotland : Flu Crisis As Death Toll Rises
Via Express :
" SWINE flu is tightening its grip on Scotland with the virus claiming the lives of two people in just seven days.
Cases of flu have leapt by a fifth north of the Border in the past week, with 12 people critically ill in hospital with the H1N1 strain of the virus.
Four Scots have now died after contracting swine flu this winter, with 23 people needing treatment in intensive care, latest figures show."
" SWINE flu is tightening its grip on Scotland with the virus claiming the lives of two people in just seven days.
Cases of flu have leapt by a fifth north of the Border in the past week, with 12 people critically ill in hospital with the H1N1 strain of the virus.
Four Scots have now died after contracting swine flu this winter, with 23 people needing treatment in intensive care, latest figures show."
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
UK : Swine Flu Mum Off Critical List
Via Express :
" THE pregnant mother who has been fighting for life with swine flu is no longer critically ill, the hospital caring for her said yesterday.
Fallon Devaney, 25, who is expecting her fifth child, remains in intensive care but is now in a “stable” condition.
She was rushed to hospital last Tuesday, a day after a GP mistakenly told her she had a cold.
Doctors warned her family they might have to sacrifice her unborn baby in order to save her life.
But on Monday relatives said she seemed “brighter” during a bedside visit – and yesterday the hospital confirmed the welcome news.
A spokeswoman for Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham said: “Her condition is stable and she remains in intensive care.”
" THE pregnant mother who has been fighting for life with swine flu is no longer critically ill, the hospital caring for her said yesterday.
Fallon Devaney, 25, who is expecting her fifth child, remains in intensive care but is now in a “stable” condition.
She was rushed to hospital last Tuesday, a day after a GP mistakenly told her she had a cold.
Doctors warned her family they might have to sacrifice her unborn baby in order to save her life.
But on Monday relatives said she seemed “brighter” during a bedside visit – and yesterday the hospital confirmed the welcome news.
A spokeswoman for Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham said: “Her condition is stable and she remains in intensive care.”
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
UK : Family Prays For Pregnant Swine Flu Mum
Via Express, excerpt :
" THE fiance of a pregnant mother battling swine flu was “hoping and praying” for her recovery yesterday.
Mother-of-four Fallon Devaney, 25, remained in an induced coma in a “critical but stable” condition.
David Bowler, 30, was warned the family might have to make the heartbreaking decision to choose between saving the life of his partner or their unborn baby.
Fallon, who did not have a flu jab, is five months pregnant with her fifth child. Mr Bowler said: “We are hoping and praying she will pull through. She is the perfect mum.”
Her mother Linda Fearney, 46, said Fallon, of Kirk Hallam, Derbyshire, was “near to death” over the weekend. Doctors at Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham feared they would have to sacrifice her unborn baby."
" THE fiance of a pregnant mother battling swine flu was “hoping and praying” for her recovery yesterday.
Mother-of-four Fallon Devaney, 25, remained in an induced coma in a “critical but stable” condition.
David Bowler, 30, was warned the family might have to make the heartbreaking decision to choose between saving the life of his partner or their unborn baby.
Fallon, who did not have a flu jab, is five months pregnant with her fifth child. Mr Bowler said: “We are hoping and praying she will pull through. She is the perfect mum.”
Her mother Linda Fearney, 46, said Fallon, of Kirk Hallam, Derbyshire, was “near to death” over the weekend. Doctors at Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham feared they would have to sacrifice her unborn baby."
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