Swine flu patient dies of electrocution in China

The Asia News.Net
Friday 3rd July, 2009

Hangzhou (China), July 3 (Xinhua) A patient suffering from influenza A (H1N1), better known as swine flu, died of electrocution when she was taking a shower in a hospital here, the police said Friday.

'The patient died of electrocution caused by leakage of electricity from electrical circuits in her ward, when she was taking a shower,' said an official statement.

Lou Yihong was admitted June 23 and she died Wednesday.

She had been recovering and her temperature had measured normal for a week before her death, according to the Hangzhou municipal health bureau.

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