AAP General News (Australia)
08-19-2009
Qld: Hendra patient claims of hospital mistreatment
Queensland's chief doctor's rejected claims patients who were given potentially life-saving
experimental treatment against the deadly Hendra virus were mistreated.
Tests on a vet .. together with J4S stud manager DEBBIE BROWN and colleagues ADRIAN
DANIELS and ANGELA WEBBER .. have so far been negative.
They were treated after two horses died from the virus on August 7 and 8 at the stud
at Cawarral .. east of Rockhampton.
Ms BROWN says she was told they'd be monitored throughout .. but says she had to write
down her own symptoms which included vomiting .. diarrhoea and swelling.
She's told ABC Radio hospital staff recorded only their temperatures .. pulse and blood
pressure and failed to make any other observations noticeable to the patients.
Ms BROWN says they thought an expert on Hendra would be there to monitor them.
Queensland's chief health officer JEANNETTE YOUNG says the patients were told to return
to the hospital and speak to their treating doctor if they had concerns.
AAP RTV ahe/pjo/crh
KEYWORD: HENDRA (BRISBANE)
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