A 16-year-old patient suffering from bird flu has been admitted to Persahabatan Hospital in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, bringing the total number of human cases to 109 in the country, local press reported Monday.
The patient is a senior high school student identified only as YF from Jakarta's suburb of Bekasi.
His condition was very bad with acute pneumonia when he was brought to the hospital earlier Thursday, reported English newspaper The Jakarta Post.
A doctor with the hospital's bird flu anticipation division, Erlina Burhan, said the patient's lungs were being treated with a ventilator.
"The lungs can absorb oxygen up to 90 percent," she said.
Indonesia has reported 94 bird flu deaths, the world's highest death toll from the disease so far.
Source: Xinhua
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