Critical patient is sent south.A CRITICALLY ill swine flu swine flu n. A highly contagious form of human influenza caused by a filterable virus identical or related to a virus formerly isolated from infected swine. patient from Scotland has been sent for specialist blood treatment in England. The patient from Lanarkshire is undergoing a procedure where blood is circulated outside the body and oxygen added artificially. The same treatment - extra corporeal Possessing a physical nature; having an objective, tangible existence; being capable of perception by touch and sight. Under Common Law, corporeal hereditaments are physical objects encompassed in land, including the land itself and any tangible object on it, that can be membrane oxygenation oxygenation /ox·y·gen·a·tion/ (ok?si-je-na´shun) 1. the act or process of adding oxygen. 2. the result of having oxygen added. - was given to pregnant Sharon Pentleton, of Saltcoats, Ayrshire, in July after she suffered an extreme reaction to the H1N1 virus. Sharon, who made a full recovery, went to Sweden because no beds were available at the UK specialist unit in Leicester. The Scottish government's latest update showed about 1000 Scots are now catching the virus daily. Around 7034 people caught H1N1 in the past week, up from 6180. And 165 victims have been hospitalised so far Health secretary Nicola Sturgeon said: "The potential threat from H1N1 remains serious, even if it continues to be a relatively mild virus." |
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