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A 13-year-old Baltimore girl is in intensive care at the University of Maryland Medical Center with the H1N1 virus, according to her aunt.
The Baltimore school district issued a statement Thursday that said a student at Montebello Elementary/Middle School in Northeast Baltimore has a confirmed case of the H1N1 flu. Destinee Parker, who is in the eighth grade, became ill in school Monday and was taken by her parents to a hospital, where she was diagnosed with double pneumonia, according to the aunt, Ernestine Parker.
She was transferred to UM, where she has been on a ventilator and in critical condition, Parker said. Late Thursday, she said the girl appeared to be getting stronger.
Since the beginning of June, the state health department has reported seven deaths and 117 hospitalizations stemming from the virus.
"There are children who have been hospitalized across the state - that is to be expected," said David Paulson, a spokesman for the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
The school system statement said the building will be thoroughly cleaned according to health department procedures. City schools have a previously scheduled day off today.
- Liz Bowie and Kelly Brewington
The Baltimore school district issued a statement Thursday that said a student at Montebello Elementary/Middle School in Northeast Baltimore has a confirmed case of the H1N1 flu. Destinee Parker, who is in the eighth grade, became ill in school Monday and was taken by her parents to a hospital, where she was diagnosed with double pneumonia, according to the aunt, Ernestine Parker.
She was transferred to UM, where she has been on a ventilator and in critical condition, Parker said. Late Thursday, she said the girl appeared to be getting stronger.
Since the beginning of June, the state health department has reported seven deaths and 117 hospitalizations stemming from the virus.
"There are children who have been hospitalized across the state - that is to be expected," said David Paulson, a spokesman for the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
The school system statement said the building will be thoroughly cleaned according to health department procedures. City schools have a previously scheduled day off today.
- Liz Bowie and Kelly Brewington
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The cure for H1N1 is on Popular Science Forum! To bad the CDC and the WHO can't find it!
www.popsci.com/node/22953
jdlaughead (09/29/2009, 7:48 PM )