The Health Bureau (SSM) said yesterday evening that a four-year-old girl suffering from influenza died of heart failure resulting from hyperthyroidism complicated by dilated cardiomyopathy yesterday morning.
The bureau made the announcement during a press conference about Macau’s latest situation of seasonal influenza. The presser took place at the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre.
According to the press conference, the girl – aged four years and five months – was taken by her family to the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre on Sunday as she was short of breath and suffered from swelling of her lower limbs. She was hospitalised after receiving treatment in the emergency department.
Health Bureau (SSM) Centre for Disease Prevention and Control Director Lam Chong (first from left), Lei Wai Seng (second from left), the clinical director of the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre; Jorge Sales Marques (second from right), the director of the hospital’s paediatrics and neonatology section; and Wong Fong Ian, a senior doctor of the section, address yesterday’s press conference at the public hospital about Macau’s latest situation of seasonal influenza. Photo: SSM
