Hospital chief says poor treatment upped cases

The president of one of Beijing's top hospitals has said that improper medical treatment has caused a severe increase of A/H1N1 cases.

An overuse of hormone therapies to treat A/H1N1 has weakened patients' immune systems, making them more susceptible to the illness, Li Ning, president of Beijing You'an Hospital, said at an H1N1 flu control and prevention meeting.

As one of Beijing's leading infectious disease centers, You'an Hospital has been responsible for the treatment of critically ill swine flu patients. It has diagnosed more than 400 infected with the virus, 80 of who were diagnosed with severe cases.