Swine Flu One of the Reasons for Hospital Patient”s Death
Lebanon”s Ministry of Health announced the analytic results concerning the recent death of 20 years old Elias Antoine Nehmetallah of Batroun showing a positive infection with H1 N1 (swine flu).
"The patient was suffering from an advanced stage of lymphatic cancer, he did not respond to treatment as he lack immunity. Contracting H1N1 was one of the many complications that the patient suffered from," ministry statement said.
In a Friday afternoon press conference Health Minister Mohammed Jawwad Khalifeh criticized the first announced H1N1 death in Lebanon, saying the matter occurred outside the scope of his ministry and without carrying out these tests at the ministry.