Pregnant Bulgaria Woman Infected with Swine Flu Fights for Life

A pregnant women has been taken to the Burgas hospital with respiratory problems after becoming infected with the swine flu virus. File Photo

The hospital in the Black Sea city of Burgas confirmed Thursday an earlier announcement that they have a case of a pregnant woman infected by the swine flu virus.

The hospital management informs the woman is in serious condition and has been put on a pulmonary support, adding the hospital is providing the most modern therapy available and the patient is constantly monitored by a team of obstetricians.

The doctors, however, say they are still awaiting the results of the A(H1N1) test from Sofia.

Magdalena Boteva, 36, who is six-months pregnant, has been listed in the hospital on October 22, with serious respiratory problems and has been later moved to the life-support ward. Doctors say the embryo is in normal condition.

The hospital staff is monitoring closely all other patients for signs of the A(H1N1) virus