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 From Hong Kong's Information Services Department
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October 24, 2009
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Surveillance
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Teenage girl dies of swine flu
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Hospital Authority

A 14-year-old girl with cerebral palsy died of human swine flu today at Tuen Mun Hospital.

 

She was admitted to the paediatrics isolation ward with a fever and cough on October 7 and tested positive for the flu.

 

Her condition became critical the next day and she was transferred to the intensive care unit.