Hospital Director Saman Ratnayake says that Ward 69 of the Kandy Teaching Hospital was closed after three patients in the ward died due to Influenza H1N1.
Three kidney patients being treated at the ward were the patients who died of the virus and the Director of the Hospital has advised kidney patients, pregnant women, children and those with compromised immune systems not to visit the hospital unless for emergency attention and requested anyone with fever or symptoms of Influenza to seek treatment temporarily at other hospitals.
All other patients in the ward have been transferred with special attention to a special unit said the Director and added the hospital staff and other patients will be tested for the presence of the virus.
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