Council calls swine flu meeting

Residents of a Wiltshire town will be attending a public meeting later after a woman with swine flu died at the Great Western Hospital.

Malmesbury Town Council is holding the event and inviting people to come to discuss concerns and queries.

NHS Wiltshire will be on hand to provide answers at the meeting.

"I'm really very very keen to reassure people that most people do recover very quickly," said Maggie Rae, director of public health at NHS Wiltshire.

It is not yet known whether the woman who died had underlying health problems.

At the time of the death, NHS Wiltshire sought to reassure the public there was a "robust" plan in place to deal with the problem, which is supported by a fully-operational pandemic flu incident room.

Later this week a national flu service is due to be launched where diagnosis can be given via the phone or website.

bbc.co.uk

ส่วนที่เหลือ