Doctor dies of suspected swine flu

Dr. Toth Istvan, 42, of Zalau, died at the Cluj County Hospital late last week of complications from suspected swine flue. The death of Dr. Toth, an infant surgery expert, is held as a great loss for the Romanian medical system. Yesterday’s ‘Adevarul’ daily newspaper reported the head of the Salaj Department of Public Health, Ligia Marincas, having said the doctor was admitted to the Salaj County Emergency Hospital with suspected A (H1N1) flu. ‘The doctor was diagnosed with a respiratory condition. Given he had suspected new flu, he was administered Tamiflu and when his health condition allowed his transportation, he was transferred to a hospital in Cluj, where he died Friday night into Saturday morning of medical complications from suspected new A H1N1 flu,’ Marincas, said, adding the exact cause of death will only be known after a coroner’s examination. Ms. Marincas also said the diagnosis was not confirmed while the patient was alive due to his medical complications. In 2009, the late surgeon held a medical seminar in Zalau, where ten boys of very small age from various Romanian counties underwent surgery for a rare disease called hypospadias.

Romanian arrested for jewellery theft in Belgium

A 22-year-old Romanian woman was arrested in a serial jewellery theft committed in several Belgium cities and his accomplice is still wanted by the authorities, ‘Le Vif/L’Express’ reports. The young woman was caught on Friday, having been pursued by the Tremonde Police. She is a suspect in several jewellery shop lifting cases in Anvers, Namur, Alost, Ypres and Saint-Nicolas, in August 2009. Investigators say that the woman and her accomplice would walk into jewellery shops asking to see unique pieces. When they had the pieces in their hands, they would distract the shop assistant and vanish with the jewellery. The case prosecutors say the damage is ‘considerable’. The suspects have allegedly committed similar offences in the past, as they have been identified when watching various recordings by store video cameras.

Agricultural equipment stolen from Italy found at Varsand check point

Border officers from Arad found at the end of the week two tractors which appear as stolen from Italy, and brought into the country through Varsand check point from Arad County, Mediafax reports. The “John Deere” agricultural equipments were loaded on a truck driven by a Romanian, Eusebiu P., aged 40, who brought them from Italy for a Romanian company. Having suspicions in connection with the documents, the officers proceeded to additional verifications and discovered that the serial numbers from the invoice which accompanied the commodity did not correspond to the numbers inscribed on the equipment. “The driver of the truck declared that after a ride to Italy he was contacted by an Italian citizen who proposed him to carry two agricultural equipments to Romania for EUR 1,800.

He also declared that the place of arrival of the equipments would be told him by phone,” declared the spokesman of Arad Border Police, commissioner Ion Mares. The two agricultural equipments were seized by the authorities until the finalization of the inquiry, the driver being investigated for concealment of stolen goods and use of forgery.