B.C. Children’s Hospital says a 13-year-old girl with avian flu was discharged Tuesday after weeks in hospital.

The patient was taken to a pediatric intensive care unit with respiratory failure and pneumonia on Nov. 8 and health officials said she tested positive for H5N1 a day later.

A recent medical journal chronicled the teen’s hospitalization in Vancouver, which involved tracheal intubation and supplemental oxygen.

The patient was taken to intensive care with respiratory failure and pneumonia on Nov. 8 and tested positive for H5N1 a day later.{ai:summary}<p>A 13-year-old girl with avian flu was discharged from B.C. Children’s Hospital after weeks of treatment. She was admitted on Nov. 8 with respiratory failure and pneumonia, later testing positive for H5N1. Her hospitalization included tracheal intubation and supplemental oxygen. #health</p>

B.C. teen with avian flu discharged after weeks in hospital

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