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13 LEPTOSPIROSIS PATIENTS DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL
BUKIT MERTAJAM (Malaysia), May 18 (Bernama) -- Thirteen illegal immigrants
from the Juru detention centre in Malaysia's northern Penang state, who were
suspected down with Leptospirosis and admitted to the Bukit Mertajam Hospital,
have been discharged, Health Director-General Dr Ismail Merican.
In a statement issued Sunday, he said there were among 37 people from the
center who were admitted for treatment for the disease.
He said the 23 people who were still at hospitals for treatment included 22
at the Bukit Mertajam Hospital, with one in critical condition at the Intensive
Care Unit and 22 others in the isolation ward at the hospital.
The other patient is in the Intensive Care Unit of the Seberang Jaya
Hospital and whose condition is reported to be stable, he added.
Dr Ismail said steps were being taken to contain the spread of the disease,
including disinfecting the buildings at the center, conducting surveillance and
daily checks on inmates and refer those with symptoms of the disease to the
nearest hospital.
Meanwhile, Penang Immigration Director Abdul Rahman Harun said the 23
illegal immigrants who were still at the hospital comprised 19 Myanmar nationals
and four Bangladeshi, with the youngest aged 17, and the oldest at 45.
The Immigration Department had informed the Myanmar Ambassador and the
Bangladeshi High Commission of the matter and their representatives were
expected to visit the center next week, he added.
He also said that the cause of death of a Myanmar detainee at the centre on
May 12 had yet to be ascertained.
Abdul Rahman also advised residents staying near the Juru detention center
not to panic or be alarmed because the disease which affected inmates at the
center was under control and that steps were taken by the department to contain
the disease.
There are 552 illegal immigrants at the center, comprising 478 men, 72 women
and two children.
Leptospirosis, which is also known as Weil's disease or syndrome, canicola
fever or Fort Bragg fever, is commonly transmitted to humans by allowing water
contaminated by animal urine like rats or squirrels to come into contact with
unhealed breaks in the skin, eyes or the mucous membrane.
-- BERNAMA
from the Juru detention centre in Malaysia's northern Penang state, who were
suspected down with Leptospirosis and admitted to the Bukit Mertajam Hospital,
have been discharged, Health Director-General Dr Ismail Merican.
In a statement issued Sunday, he said there were among 37 people from the
center who were admitted for treatment for the disease.
He said the 23 people who were still at hospitals for treatment included 22
at the Bukit Mertajam Hospital, with one in critical condition at the Intensive
Care Unit and 22 others in the isolation ward at the hospital.
The other patient is in the Intensive Care Unit of the Seberang Jaya
Hospital and whose condition is reported to be stable, he added.
Dr Ismail said steps were being taken to contain the spread of the disease,
including disinfecting the buildings at the center, conducting surveillance and
daily checks on inmates and refer those with symptoms of the disease to the
nearest hospital.
Meanwhile, Penang Immigration Director Abdul Rahman Harun said the 23
illegal immigrants who were still at the hospital comprised 19 Myanmar nationals
and four Bangladeshi, with the youngest aged 17, and the oldest at 45.
The Immigration Department had informed the Myanmar Ambassador and the
Bangladeshi High Commission of the matter and their representatives were
expected to visit the center next week, he added.
He also said that the cause of death of a Myanmar detainee at the centre on
May 12 had yet to be ascertained.
Abdul Rahman also advised residents staying near the Juru detention center
not to panic or be alarmed because the disease which affected inmates at the
center was under control and that steps were taken by the department to contain
the disease.
There are 552 illegal immigrants at the center, comprising 478 men, 72 women
and two children.
Leptospirosis, which is also known as Weil's disease or syndrome, canicola
fever or Fort Bragg fever, is commonly transmitted to humans by allowing water
contaminated by animal urine like rats or squirrels to come into contact with
unhealed breaks in the skin, eyes or the mucous membrane.
-- BERNAMA
