Hand, foot and mouth disease claims 13 tykes
By Cyril Li |
April 13, 2010, Tuesday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
AN epidemic of hand, foot and mouth disease has killed 13 toddlers and hospitalized 20 in a southwestern China county, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday.
The health department of Quanzhou County in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region said the disease appeared without skin rashes - one of its typical symptoms. The alteration made it more difficult for the local medical staff to identify the disease, said the head of the county health bureau.
Inadequate conditions in local hospitals hampered treatment to patients in critical situation when none of them had necessary devices such as respirator for children or blood gas analyzer, the official added.
Experts from the center of disease control and prevention in Guangxi's Guilin City confirmed that all the deaths were caused by the disease.
The health department of Quanzhou County in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region said the disease appeared without skin rashes - one of its typical symptoms. The alteration made it more difficult for the local medical staff to identify the disease, said the head of the county health bureau.
Inadequate conditions in local hospitals hampered treatment to patients in critical situation when none of them had necessary devices such as respirator for children or blood gas analyzer, the official added.
Experts from the center of disease control and prevention in Guangxi's Guilin City confirmed that all the deaths were caused by the disease.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
