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Investigating into Bird Flu Death
Nation, page 1
China's first death from bird flu in 2009 took place in the capital. The death of a 19-year-old girl in Beijing on Jan 5 sparked panic not only in Beijing, but also put other provinces on the alert. The victim, Wang Yanqing, was initially treated for normal flu and transferred from one hospital to another; the treatment she underwent before death left her parents in huge medical debt running into tens of thousands of yuan.
Original article: [Chinese]