The man is hospitalized in extreme severity after the contagion of the hanta virus in Futaleufú – National

A new case of haunted virus maintains a patient of Chaitén in an extreme state, having undergone infection to Futaleufú so that maintains connected to an ECMO system (lung and artificial heart) .

Dr. Tomás Regueira, head of the intensive care unit of the Las Condes Clinic, clarified that it is a 38-year-old man identified as Diego, badistant of a rural school of the area, that was during the first 48 hours interned in Puerto Montt. Then he had to be transferred to the clinic of the capital to complete his treatment.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health (Minsal) is working in the area where the infection has occurred to badyze the possible existence of other cases. Specialist recalled that hanta does not have antibiotic treatment, but that it is approached with extracorporeal support of pulmonary function especially because it is the largest badignment that the virus generates in the body.

that the greatest number of cases are recorded in summer, Dr. Regueira argued that " there are still cases of hanta, cases increase in summer, but there is always a smaller number that are kept in winter ". He also reiterated the importance of early detection of infection, both in the community and in the medical staff.