Swine flu patient in Roscommon Hospital

A US tourist is being treated for swine flu in Roscommon County Hospital.

The patient, a man in his 70s, presented with cardiac symptoms on Saturday, June 6. The HSE has now confirmed that the man is suffering from swine flu.

According to the HSE, the patient has been placed in isolation and the small number of hospital hospital staff and other patients who were in contact with him are now being followed up and treated with an anti-viral (Tamiflu), as appropriate.

This is the twelfth case of swine flu in the Republic of Ireland. Six cases have also been confirmed in the North. More than 25,000 people have contracted swine flu in the world, more than half of who are in the United States. Some 27 people have died as a result of the virus in the US, and more than 100 have died in Mexico.

[Posted: Wed 10/06/2009]