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A 22-year-old student at Stellenbosch University has become the first confirmed casualty of the H1N1 virus commonly known as swine flu, the department of health said on Monday. Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said the student died last Friday (July 28) after suffering from cardiac arrest.
According to the department's information, the man went to the campus clinic on July 20 with flu like symptoms. When he did not improve he went to a general practitioner. He left campus and went to stay at his parents' home over the weekend but after consulting another doctor he was referred to a Western Cape private hospital for treatment.
He was treated as a case of atypical pneumonia with antibiotics. Last Monday his condition deteriorated and he was moved to the intensive care unit where he died the following day. A specimen was collected and tested for H1N1 at a private laboratory and specimens were also sent to the NICD for further testing.
H1N1 was confirmed by the NICD, which is a World Health Organisation reference laboratory, today [Monday].
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