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Teenage swine flu patient dies in N.Y.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (UPI) -- A 15-year-old boy in Buffalo, N.Y., who was diagnosed with the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, has died of related complications, his grandmother says.

WIVB-TV in Buffalo reported the grandmother of Matthew Davis confirmed the teenage swine flu patient was taken off life support Saturday after he took a significant turn for the worse.

Lucretia Belton, mother of the eighth-grader, said her son's kidneys had failed, forcing him to be kept alive by machines.

Belton added her son had suffered from complications from the H1N1 virus, including a Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection and pneumonia.

Prior to her son's removal from life support at Women and Children's Hospital, Belton offered a heartfelt warning to parents about swine flu.

"This is no joke, this is really, really, really serious. Please get your kids, any kind of sign, get them there, don't wait until we get this far like my baby," Shelton said Friday.

WIVB reported a 9-year-old girl at the Buffalo hospital had also been diagnosed with swine flu. The girl, whose identity was not reported, was reportedly in critical condition.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International

This news arrived on: 06/21/2009

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