Saturday, April 08, 2006
Indian farmer hospitalised for bird flu checks
AHMEDABAD, India, April 8 (Reuters) - A poultry farmer in India’s bird-flu hit western region was hospitalised on Saturday with flu-like symptoms, the state’s health minister said.
“We have admitted him and all precautions have been taken,” Ashok Bhatt told reporters. He did not describe symptoms the man was showing.
The man was being tested at a government hospital in Ahmedabad, the state’s main city.
Bhatt said the 30-year-old man approached authorities and told them some 600 chicken on his farm had died last week.