A 22-year-old pregnant woman and a 45-year-old kidney transplant patient are the two latest patients to be warded in the intensive care unit after being infected with the H1N1 virus.
The transplant patient, a woman with multiple co-mobidities including diabetes and hypertension, was in critical condition at the Singapore General Hospital, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) yesterday. She had been taking immunosuppressants due to her kidney transplant in 2006.
After two days of vomiting and diarrhoea, she was admitted on July 4 and transferred to the ICU on July 12 when her condition worsened.
Laboratory tests confirmed she had H1N1.
The younger woman, who is 24 weeks pregnant with no underlying medical conditions, was admitted to KK Women's and Children's Hospital on July 13, when she developed pneumonia. She had tested positive for H1N1 at a private hospital. The next day, she was transferred to the ICU for closer monitoring as her oxygen requirement increased, said MOH.
There are currently 50 H1N1 patients in hospital. The 51-year-old patient who was reported to be in intensive care last Friday, is still in ICU but in stable condition, said MOH. ALICIA WONG
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