Boy, 12, succumbs to dengue in Chiang Mai

[rooster59]

Boy, 12, succumbs to dengue in Chiang Mai

By The Nation

 

Dengue fever has claimed its first victim in Chiang Mai this year, a 12-year-old fifth grader.

 

Sutheerat Mahasing, an academic at the Chiang Mai Public Health Office, said on Friday that Chanon Jomputu had died two days earlier.

 

But Sutheerat dismissed a rumour that the death resulted from a “new strain” of the dengue virus, blaming the tragedy instead on failure to get the proper treatment in time.

 

The boy contracted the virus in his village, Pang Kwai in Fang district, but rather than being taken to a hospital, he was treated at a small clinic on June 19 and quickly released, Sutheerat said.

 

When his condition worsened on June 23, he was sent to Fang District Hospital, which transferred him to Nakhon Ping Hospital, where he received blood platelets but died nevertheless.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30371910

 

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[hotchilli]

20 hours ago, rooster59 said:

The boy contracted the virus in his village, Pang Kwai in Fang district, but rather than being taken to a hospital, he was treated at a small clinic on June 19 and quickly released

Maybe a tad too quickly?

[Burma Bill]

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"where he received blood platelets but died nevertheless"

I find this rather insensitive reporting - could have written " but sadly passed away" or similar.

RIP young lad. Those dreaded "mossies" again!

 

[justin case]

dengue is real in thailand, so where is the magical VACCINE to prevent it ?

or money needs to be spent on submarines ?

[9653]

1 hour ago, justin case said:

dengue is real in thailand, so where is the magical VACCINE to prevent it ?

or money needs to be spent on submarines ?

Absolutely,sub's are so much more important, than the poor public

[Beggar]

On 6/29/2019 at 10:44 AM, justin case said:

dengue is real in thailand, so where is the magical VACCINE to prevent it ?

or money needs to be spent on submarines ?

Submarines provide a very good protection against mosquitoes. Sanofi developed a vaccine and tested it for instance on the Philippines. The results were not so good and the vaccine even might have made the situation worse for some people. Just google Sanofi Dengue Vaccine.