DENPASAR (Antara): Another suspected bird flu patient, Ni Ketut Sariasih, died at Sanglah Public Hospital here on late Saturday, a local doctor said here on Sunday.
Sariasih, a 40-year old woman, was the third suspected bird flu patients who had died in Bali over the past few days, Dr Putu Andrika SpD, head of Sanglah Hospital's Bird Flu Control Team, said.
She had been treated at Wangaya Public Hospital, Denpasar, for two days before being moved to Sanglah Hospital.
"The results of a laboratory test have indicated that Sariasih has suffered from a lung infection," Dr Putu Andrika said.
The hospital has sent a blood sample of Sariasih to the Bali provincial health service to ascertain whether she died of bird flu or not, he said.
Sariasih started to get sick on Aug. 22. However, her relatives did not suspect that she might be infected with bird flu virus or H5N1 as there was no back-yard chicken or duck farming in the surrounding areas of her home.
The local authorities had earlier sprayed disinfectant at a local bird market located near the patient's home. (**)
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