02.01.2006

A 14-year-old boy who worked on a Turkish poultry farm died following a suspected avian influenza outbreak. Doctors are awaiting test results to confirm whether or not he died of the virus. The boy was one of the six people.Mehmet Ali Kocyigit, was one of four children, two brothers and two sisters, aged between six and 15-years-old admitted to a hospital in the south east of Turkey on Saturday. The boy who died, Mehmet, and the other children all worked on the Turkish poultry farm.The children all came in contact with sick birds and became sick themselves after eating one of them, health officials in Turkey said.Health officials said before Mehmet died he had been on a life support machine after his brain functions ceased. One of his sisters was said to be in critical condition last night and that her condition was worsening.