Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
First H1N1 death
By KAREN CAMPBELL
Assistant Managing Editor
An Auglaize County resident has died from H1N1, the county?s health commissioner confirmed Thursday.
Health Commissioner Charlotte Parsons said the 59-year-old Wapakoneta woman died a week ago and tests conducted by the hospital where she was a patient were positive for H1N1.
According to obituary records at the Wapakoneta Daily News, the only woman matching that description was Melody Dietrick, who died Jan. 29 at Lima Memorial Health Systems.
Parsons said they learned about the positive test through a state disease report.
She declined to comment about whether any underlying health conditions may have contributed to the woman?s susceptibility to the deadly virus.
?I haven?t read her medical records and that?s protected personal health information,? Parsons told the Wapakoneta Daily News. ?The important thing is that people understand that H1N1 has not gone away.?
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By KAREN CAMPBELL
Assistant Managing Editor
An Auglaize County resident has died from H1N1, the county?s health commissioner confirmed Thursday.
Health Commissioner Charlotte Parsons said the 59-year-old Wapakoneta woman died a week ago and tests conducted by the hospital where she was a patient were positive for H1N1.
According to obituary records at the Wapakoneta Daily News, the only woman matching that description was Melody Dietrick, who died Jan. 29 at Lima Memorial Health Systems.
Parsons said they learned about the positive test through a state disease report.
She declined to comment about whether any underlying health conditions may have contributed to the woman?s susceptibility to the deadly virus.
?I haven?t read her medical records and that?s protected personal health information,? Parsons told the Wapakoneta Daily News. ?The important thing is that people understand that H1N1 has not gone away.?
http://www.wapakdailynews.com/content/view/145434/1/