19 flu deaths suspected at Mie mental hospital

19 flu deaths suspected at Mie mental hospital

Yukio Suzuki, medical affairs policy councilor with the health and welfare department of Mie Prefecture, western Japan, speaks to reporters Feb. 10 as 19 patients at a private mental hospital in the prefecture are suspected to have died of influenza between Jan. 8 and Feb. 4. The 19, including five women and ranging in age from 34 to 87, died at Tado Hospital in the town of Tado, after showing typical symptoms of influenza. ==Kyodo

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