Mexico’s health secretary denies death of resident due to bird flu subtype (aa.com.tr)
[Mexico’s Health Secretary] Alcocer urged people to remain calm and to take the WHO’s announcement with caution because it is “not accurate.”
“I can point out that the statement made by the World Health Organization is pretty bad, since it speaks of a fatal case (of bird flu), which was not the case,” he said.
On Wednesday, the WHO announced that a resident of Mexico became the world’s first person to die from a bird flu strain not previously detected in humans.According to WHO, the man had numerous underlying medical conditions and had been bedridden for three weeks before developing acute symptoms. On April 17, he reported fever, shortness of breath, diarrhea, nausea and general malaise.
On April 24, he sought medical attention and was promptly hospitalized at the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases (INER), reportedly dying the same day.
According to Alcocer, the WHO failed to recognize that the patient died from complications resulting from longstanding health problems such as diabetes and renal failure and not avian flu.
Would WHO ever lie or be wrong?
