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In this March 27, 2012 file photo which shows Baby Andrei, eight-month-old, the son of Roma under-age parents, in an intensive care unit of the Marie Curie children's hospital Bucharest, Romania. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, file)
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| 13.08.2013 | Biological Hazard | Hungary | County of Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen, Miskolc [County Hospital of BAZ] |  |  |
Biological Hazard in Hungary on Tuesday, 13 August, 2013 at 03:39 (03:39 AM) UTC.
| Description | |
| Eight infants died within a few days of County Hospital of BAZ (Miskolc), the cause is unknown. The infant became ill and died within a few hours, according to preliminary investigations infection is suspected. The Hungarian CDC's investigation began immediately. | |
| Biohazard name: | Unidentified Illness (fatal) |
| Biohazard level: | 3/4 Hight |
| Biohazard desc.: | Bacteria and viruses that can cause severe to fatal disease in humans, but for which vaccines or other treatments exist, such as anthrax, West Nile virus, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, SARS virus, variola virus (smallpox), tuberculosis, typhus, Rift Valley fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, yellow fever, and malaria. Among parasites Plasmodium falciparum, which causes Malaria, and Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes trypanosomiasis, also come under this level. |
| Symptoms: | |
| Status: | confirmed |
Biological Hazard in Hungary on Tuesday, 13 August, 2013 at 03:39 (03:39 AM) UTC.
Back| Updated: | Tuesday, 13 August, 2013 at 16:33 UTC |
| Description | |
| Prime Minister Viktor Orban has ordered an extraordinary investigation concerning the recent death of eight premature babies in the county hospital of Miskolc in northern Hungary. State secretary for health Miklos Szocska told public Kossuth Radio on Tuesday that the investigation sought to establish a connection between the deaths, which occured at the hospital’s premature ward between August 5 and 10. He said that the hospital management had alarmed health authorities after the third death and took measures but could not prevent further deaths which occured in rapid succession. Late on Monday, Szocska visited the hospital and said that closing down the ward was not necessary. Hospital director Gabor Csiba has been suspended from his position for the time of the investigation. | |
Hungary investigates premature baby deaths at hospital
August 13, 2013 01:13 PM
In this March 27, 2012 file photo which shows Baby Andrei, eight-month-old, the son of Roma under-age parents, in an intensive care unit of the Marie Curie children's hospital Bucharest, Romania. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, file)
BUDAPEST: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has ordered an inquiry into the deaths of eight premature babies in five days at a hospital in the northeastern city of Miskolc.
Health state secretary Miklos Szocska said alongside the announcement of the inquiry late on Monday that the National Surgeon General's office was doing all it could to find out why the eight premature babies died. He told Kossuth radio on Tuesday that the babies died between Aug. 5 and Aug 10.
"There are investigations under way to reveal any potential infection," Szocska said in a video posted on the government's official website, adding he would not yet close the specialised department at the Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen hospital which treats hundreds of permaturely born babies each year.
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