Nurse Elizabeth Eunices Sarniento Sanchez, a health department worker, checks if there are any people suffering from symptoms of swine flu in San Antonio de la Cal neighborhood of Oaxaca, Mexico. (Brian L Frank/GlobalPost)
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Health department worker Elizabeth Eunices Sarniento Sanchez checks if there are any people suffering from symptoms of swine flu in San Antonio de la Cal neighborhood of Oaxaca, Mexico. (Brian L Frank/GlobalPost)
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The first patient known to have died of swine flu was treated at Dr. Aurelio Valdivieso Hospital in Oaxaca, Mexico. Janet Fatima Almaraz Ruiz, a licensed nurse, wears a protective gown and mask in the special respiratory staging area set up to accept patients exhibiting swine flu symptoms. (Brian L Frank/GlobalPost)
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Adela Maria Gutierrez was the first person known to have died of swine flu. When she showed up at Dr. Aurelio Valdivieso Hospital in Oaxaca on April 7, doctors struggled to figure out what was wrong with her. They eventually determined it was a new dangerous disease and notified the federal authorities. Dr. Gerardo Perez Lescas is the head of critical medicine at the hospital in Oaxaca, Mexico. (Brian L Frank/GlobalPost)
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A woman cries while she waits for news of her loved ones in the waiting room at Dr. Aurelio Valdivieso Hospital in Oaxaca. (Brian L Frank/GlobalPost)
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The first patient known to have died of swine flu was treated at Dr. Aurelio Valdivieso Hospital in Oaxaca, Mexico, where 16 employees have since contracted respiratory diseases. Dr. Juan Antonio Diaz Gonzalez receives an anti-influenza vaccination at the hospital to help protect him from swine flu. (Brian L Frank/GlobalPost)
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The first patient known to have died of swine flu was treated at Dr. Aurelio Valdivieso Hospital in Oaxaca, Mexico. The hallway in the special respiratory unit of the hospital is sanitized to kill germs. The special unit was set up to receive patients exhibiting symptoms of swine flu. (Brian L Frank/GlobalPost)
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Dr. Serafin Lopez Concha and Dr. Gerardo Perez Lescas, heads of critical medicine and urgent services, are on the front lines of the Mexican response to swine flu at Dr. Aurelio Valdivieso Hospital in Oaxaca, Mexico. (Brian L Frank/GlobalPost)
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A mother holds her 7-year-old daughter who was suffering from flu symptoms at the Clinica Diana Laboratorio San Miguel in Oaxaca, Mexico. The clinic is a staging and testing area for possible swine flu patients brought by Oaxaca's health department brigades. (Brian L Frank/GlobalPost)
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Health department worker Vicente Garcia asks San Antonio de la Cal resident Martin Lopez Mendez, 84, if any members of his family are suffering from swine flu symptoms in Oaxaca, Mexico. (Brian L Frank/GlobalPost)
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Health department worker Elizabeth Eunices Sarniento Sanchez checks if there are any people suffering from symptoms of swine flu in San Antonio de la Cal neighborhood of Oaxaca, Mexico. (Brian L Frank/GlobalPost)
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