This archive report was first published on 24 July 2019.
Published on July 24, 2019, a doctor is recovering from influenza after unknowingly contracting the disease while treating a patient at MP Shah's Intensive Care Unit.
The unnamed doctor started showing cold-like symptoms a day after a 17-year-old boy died of the disease.
According to sources, the doctors had been taking care of the patient who died at MP Shah's ICU.
"We had just taken samples from the deceased to know the cause of death when the two medical officers started showing symptoms of the disease," the source said.
One of the medic's condition deteriorated and he ended up in isolation as his colleagues managed him.
Dr Ouma Oluga, the secretary-general of the doctors trade union, called on the Health ministry to vaccinate health workers against the disease.
"This doctor may have continued to see other patients, oblivious that he had already contracted the illness. It means every other patient he saw after the infected one was exposed to the virus," said Dr Oluga.
He further noted that cases of severe flu have been reported in multiple health facilities, where some have been confirmed to be Influenza A H3N1.
Three people are currently being treated as the Health ministry advised the public to seek medical attention in case of cold-like symptoms.
