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China's first A/H1N1 flu patient discharged from hospital
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-05-17 20:29 CHENGDU -- China's first A/H1N1 flu patient was discharged from hospital Sunday, local authorities said. The patient, surnamed Bao, left the hospital at 4 p.m.
Another flu patient, surnamed Lu, is recovering in the Infectious Disease Hospital in Jinnan City, in east China's Shandong Province. "We are preparing to discharge Lu as he shows no more flu symptoms," said the hospital's president Chen Shijun. "If he shows no symptoms for three days and is tested negative for A/H1N1, he will be discharged," he added. China has reported three confirmed cases of the flu, with the latest one in Beijing late on Saturday. The 18-year-old female patient, also a returned Chinese student from the United States, was in a stable condition with normal temperature, local health authorities said. |