NO ONE TO BLAME?

A host of contagious viral diseases now race through this land, the latest being the confirmation of a second case of H1N1.
Whilst H1N1 has been bought into this country by well heeled travelers, many of the "re-introduced" diseases and pathogens might just have a connection with the numerous medically unscreened illegal foreign workers (IFW) who now move freely in this country and may be committing a sort of "biological crime".
Since H1N1 spreads from an infected person to another person, the question that begs to be answered is - What if this new virus (for which most people have no immunity to it) leaps into the closely knitted community of IFW? They have few resources to obtain medical attention and it would take only a short while for H1N1 to spread within their community and from then on moving without - to the public.
The Umno Run Federal Government (URFeG) must prevent this "biological crime" from taking place. They have to keep a close watch on the community of IFW failing which, every other measures that they have taken to prevent the spread of H1N1 would be just a sham.

The Chikungunya viral disease detected in the Pokok Sena and Pendang districts of Kedah has spread to two more districts -- Kota Setar and Padang Terap, according to Kedah Director of Health Datuk Dr Hasnah Ismail.
She said the health department had detected two cases in Kampung Baru in the Kota Setar district and several cases in Kampung Baru Naka, Kampung Padang Kerasak, Kampung Tong Plu, Kampung Banggol Pong, Kampung Padang Setol and Kampung Malau in the Padang Terap district.

Twenty-six detainees from the Juru detention camp for illegal immigrants have been admitted to two hospitals here following an outbreak of leptospirosis at the camp.
A 21-year-old detainee from Myanmar died on Tuesday of the bacterial disease after being admitted to the Bukit Mertajam Hospital.

Ten of the 42 patients being treated in the isolation ward at the Malacca Hospital for suspected meningitis have returned home, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican said.
He said in a press statement yesterday that there had not been any new cases from those infected with the disease.
He added that residents and schoolchildren in the area surrounding the academy should not worry about the disease spreading as it was only transmitted through contact with nasal fluids.

Twenty-nine trainees from the Police Training Centre (Pulapah) in Air Hitam, near here, have been placed under observation at the Jempol Hospital after a colleague died from acute pericarditis, which is inflammation of the sac surrounding the heart. The inflammation is usually caused by a viral infection.
The trainee died on Thursday.
Patients and visitors to the hospital panicked when they saw hospital staff members handling the body wearing face masks and gloves.
To allay their fears, hospital director Dr Jaafar Che Mat said the use of face masks and gloves was a normal procedure to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.