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Clovis boy contracts cholera from pond
Tuesday, July 11th 2017, 12:33 pm CDT
Tuesday, July 11th 2017, 9:34 pm CDT
By Kaitlin Johnson, Digital Content ProducerCONNECT
Health officials have asked first responders involved in the July 4th rescue of a drowning Clovis boy to seek medical attention after cholera was found in the New Mexico pond.
The 12-year-old boy remains in critical condition in a Lubbock hospital after being pulled from Hillcrest Pond.
Clovis Interim City Manager Tom Phelps said Lubbock doctors found cholera bacteria in the boy's system when running tests.
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"None of our personnel fortunately have any indications of any kind of sickness," said Phelps, "But we wanted to make sure they got the antibiotics as a precaution."
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"That water sat stagnant, so we think that's what caused, or was the root cause of the cholera," said Phelps. "A lot of ducks, fowl, that kind of thing [are] in the water and we think that they contributed to the cholera."
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Tuesday, July 11th 2017, 12:33 pm CDT
Tuesday, July 11th 2017, 9:34 pm CDT
By Kaitlin Johnson, Digital Content ProducerCONNECT
Health officials have asked first responders involved in the July 4th rescue of a drowning Clovis boy to seek medical attention after cholera was found in the New Mexico pond.
The 12-year-old boy remains in critical condition in a Lubbock hospital after being pulled from Hillcrest Pond.
Clovis Interim City Manager Tom Phelps said Lubbock doctors found cholera bacteria in the boy's system when running tests.
...
"None of our personnel fortunately have any indications of any kind of sickness," said Phelps, "But we wanted to make sure they got the antibiotics as a precaution."
...
"That water sat stagnant, so we think that's what caused, or was the root cause of the cholera," said Phelps. "A lot of ducks, fowl, that kind of thing [are] in the water and we think that they contributed to the cholera."
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