'Swine flu' deaths
[2009 Dec] SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT RECLASSIFYING ALL FLU
DEATHS AS SWINE FLU DEATHS
"Father-of-three Michael Day, 64, a GP of Dunstable, Beds, who died on
Saturday, was the first health professional to die after contracting the virus.
However, a post-mortem showed he died of natural causes, with a blood clot on a
lung. He also suffered from heart disease and high blood pressure, and had
contracted viral pneumonia. The deaths have pushed the swine flu death toll in
Britain to 17."
"Dr Simon Tanner, London's regional director of public health, said it was
impossible "to say to what degree swine flu contributed to her death".
PARENTS PAY SAD TRIBUTE TO THEIR FUN-LOVING GIRL
Wednesday July 15,2009 By Jo Willey
THE devastated parents of six-year-old Chloe Buckley who died after
contracting swine flu spoke yesterday of their distress at losing their
“fun-loving baby girl”.
Grieving dad Michael and his wife Jacinta, both 37, said: “Nothing can
replace her in our lives.”
Chloe died last Thursday less than 48 hours after she complained to her
mother that she had a sore throat and one day short of her seventh birthday.
The death sparked panic among parents of fellow pupils at St Catherine’s
School in West Drayton, West London, where Chloe lived.
Staff and council officials attempted to reassure them at a school meeting on
Monday night.
But Daphne May, 62, the grandmother of one of Chloe’s friends, said there was
an air of panic at the meeting.
She added: “People are very worried and upset. We should have been told
something sooner.
“Chloe was a beautiful girl, very polite, very petite.”
The school is closing early for the summer break.
A spokesman said: “This is a little girl who, until a few days ago, in all
our minds was perfectly healthy so everybody here is in a deep state of shock.”
Her parents pleaded in a statement for the family, including their other
children Shane, 12, and Dillon, 10, to be allowed to grieve in private without
further intrusion.
They added: “We are satisfied the medical care Chloe received at all times
was appropriate and are disappointed with the stories that have been printed
that suggest otherwise. We have nothing further to say.”
Reports had suggested Chloe was misdiagnosed with tonsillitis.
A post-mortem is being carried out to establish the exact cause of Chloe’s
death, but it is known she did have the H1N1 virus.
Father-of-three Michael Day, 64, a GP of Dunstable, Beds, who died on
Saturday, was the first health professional to die after contracting the virus.
However, a post-mortem showed he died of natural causes, with a blood clot on
a lung. He also suffered from heart disease and high blood pressure, and had
contracted viral pneumonia.
The deaths have pushed the swine flu death toll in Britain to 17.
'Swine flu victim' Chloe Buckley, 6, died from septic shock following
tonsillitis
Chloe Buckley, the girl thought to have been the first healthy young
victim of swine flu, died from septic shock after a bout of tonsillitis, a
post mortem examination indicated.
By Nick Britten Nick Allen and Jon Swaine
Published: 10:47PM BST 21 Jul 2009
The death of Chloe, six, from West Drayton, west London, alarmed
parents.
Dr Simon Tanner, London’s regional director
of public health, said it was impossible “to say to what degree
swine flu contributed to her death”.
Andrew McCombe, a leading surgeon, said it was rare for a child to
die from septic shock after contracting tonsillitis. “Normally septic
shock affects old people,” he said.
“It is possible that the flu weakened her immune system.” The number
of fatalities in Britain rose to 31 on Tuesday when it emerged that a
15-year-old girl and a 51-year-old woman had died after contracting
swine flu.
The Scottish Government said the teenager had underlying medical
conditions. Tests are being carried out on the woman, from Lea, Wilts.
She caught the virus a week ago .
A post mortem examination found that swine flu was a significant
factor in the death on July 11 of the Bedfordshire GP, Michael Day, 64.
Sir Liam Donaldson, the chief medical officer, said swine flu “almost
certainly” posed the biggest challenge to the NHS for a generation.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/swine-flu/5882016/Swine-flu-victim-Chloe-Buckley-6-died-from-septic-shock-following-tonsillitis.html