Bird flu patient receives treatment in hospital (Newsphoto) Updated: 2006-04-28 22:35

A doctor tells storys to a girl with a
respirometer in a hospital in Suining, southwest China's Sichuan province, April
28, 2006. The eight-year-old girl, surnamed Sun showed symptoms of fever and
pneumonia on April 16. Investigators report that poultry deaths occurred in the
patient's house before she caught the deadly disease. China has reported 18
human cases of bird flu, which have resulted in 12 deaths.
[Newsphoto]
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