The condition of China's eighth bird flu patient showed signs of
improvement on Thursday.
The six-year-old boy, surnamed Ouyang, who had been confirmed as
China's eighth human case of H5N1 bird flu infection, was in
critical condition previously, having suffered serious lung damage
as of Tuesday.
However, his breathing improved on Thursday and his lung shadows
have reduced, according to Zhu Yimin, president with the Hunan
Provincial Children's Hospital, where Ouyang is receiving medical
treatment.
Ouyang suffered fever and pneumonia symptoms on December 24. He
was admitted to the provincial-level hospital early on Monday and
is under round-the-clock monitoring.
The hospital suspended their original plan of broadcasting
Ouyang's life on the Internet, taking into consideration that the
boy's is still in danger.
Zhu said that many people have called the hospital expressing
their concern for the boy, which was what initially inspired the
idea of a live Internet broadcast of the boy's time in
hospital.
(Xinhua News Agency January 13, 2006)