Seventh resident dies from flu at Donegal nursing home

irishtimes.com - Last Updated: Sunday, Apr 8, 2012, 15:01FIONA GARTLAND as well as KITTY HOLLANDA seventh resident from a nursing home in Donegal has died from flu today, a HSE has said.The aged resident, who had been living in Nazareth House private nursing home, Fahan, near Buncrana, died during Letterkenny General Hospital.The HSE pronounced it is closely monitoring seven residents during a home who had been diagnosed with a condition as well as five were showing "definite signs of improvement".Another aged patient died on Friday, though that death was not suspicion to be part of a flu outbreak.Over a past fortnight, between March 22nd as well as Apr 2nd, six other people aged in their 80s as well as 90s died during a nursing home as a outcome of a outbreak. The many new death was certified by a family GP.No cause of death has been released publicly though HSE North West pronounced on Friday it was of a opinion that this death was not related to a stream outbreak.It is reported that up to 14 residents in a care home have influenza as well as they have been segregated from other residents.Since a outbreak, residents during a home, that is run by a religious congregation a Sisters of Nazareth, have received anti-viral treatments.A HSE North West spokeswoman pronounced a public illness team, including doctors, nurses as well as notice scientists, continued to closely manage as well as monitor a situation.The illness executive reiterated a advice that, while flu was usually a relatively mild infection, it could be a very serious illness among a aged as well as was a usual cause of death in older people.People should be aware of a simple measures they can take to reduce a risk of infection. These include covering your nose as well as mouth with a hankie when you cough as well as sneeze, disposing of a hankie as soon as possible as well as washing your hands with soap as well as water as soon as you can afterwards.A spokeswoman pronounced people visiting older residents of nursing homes including healthcare staff should ensure their influenza vaccinations were up to date.A Health Information as well as Quality Authority inspection team visited a home this week though declined to say when it would publish a report.The authority was called in to a nursing home when a GP notified a HSE about a flu outbreak on Apr 1st, after five people had died over a short period.A inform progressing this week from a European Centre for Disease Prevention as well as Control pronounced that, during February as well as March this year, a number of older people dying of a influenza A (H3N2) virus had been larger than approaching across Europe.Doctors have suggested a lapse of H3N2 this year has had an impact on older patients, who sometimes react badly to a flu vaccine. The H3 strain included in a seasonal vaccine given to at- risk people since final September is an imperfect compare for a strain of a virus currently infecting patients. Powered By iWebRSS.co.cc

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