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Pneumonia (Respiratory system failure ty

2017-06-24 14:08:36
My Father (age 75) has diabeties & low BP. recently he had heavy check pain & back pain. Got admitted in hospital , doctors said that it is because of pneumonia, Lungs got infected. Was in ICU for 6 days & moved to IT ward it's been 3 days. Now again doctors suspecting the infection is there again need to move to ICU. Looking for specialist doctor
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