The Health Bureau (SSM) announced in a statement last night that a 77-year-old local man inflicted with chronic diseases is in a serious condition after being infected with influenza.
The statement said that the man was taken by his family members to the public Conde de São Januário Hospital Centre on Monday for treatment where he tested positive for the influenza A virus and a scan showed that he was suffering from double pneumonia.
Consequently, the statement said, he was diagnosed with influenza A complicated with pneumonia, respiratory failure, and renal insufficiency. He was transferred to the intensive care unit (ICU) later that day when he was put on a ventilator, the statement said.
The statement said that he had not received a seasonal influenza jab.
The public hospital, informally known as Peak Hospital in Chinese, reported the case to the Health Bureau yesterday.
