Evaluation:
Published: 12.04.2005.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Speech about SARS Disease', 1.
Extract

On April 3 2003, a man aged 52 years old, started to feel sick. His symptoms included fatigue, headache, chills, and sweating. A few days later, he had diarrhea and went to the emergency department of the nearest hospital. A fever of 100.7 degrees F was recorded, but no diagnostic testing was performed. His symptoms got worse. He visited the hospital again with dehydration, cough, and severe shortness of breath. Soon after, he was admitted to the hospital again with a diagnosis of a typical pneumonia and possible SARS. The man was dying, and no medicine was able to help him. …

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