Another Girl Dies At Children's Hospital; H1N1 Suspected

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Another Girl Dies At Children's Hospital; H1N1 Suspected
Updated: 6:23 pm EST November 17, 2009

PITTSBURGH -- Swine flu is suspected in the death of a Westmoreland County girl at Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh.

The news of 4-year-old Mariah Conrad's death comes the same day that a funeral was held for a 4-month-old who died at Children's Hospital over the weekend.

Mariah, of Crabtree, died on Tuesday at the hospital, officials said.

Funeral services were held on Tuesday for Carissa Joann Phillips, who died most likely from the swine flu over the weekend, health officials said.

Three people from Allegheny County have died of the virus. Two people from Fayette County died from the swine flu, as well as one from Butler.

Twenty-nine people have died of the swine flu statewide.

 

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Re: Another Girl Dies At Children's Hospital; H1N1 Suspected

Source: http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/pittsburgh/s_653762.html

Crabtree girl, 4, dies from swine flu, Children's Hospital officials say
By Chuck Brittain
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Officials of a Pittsburgh hospital say they believe a 4-year-old girl from Westmoreland County who died Tuesday was the victim of the H1N1 influenza.

Mariah Conrad of Latrobe-Crabtree Road in Crabtree died yesterday at about noon at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. She had been treated at the hospital in Oakland for about two weeks after previously receiving treatment at Excela Health's Latrobe and Westmoreland hospitals.

UPMC Children's Hospital spokesman Marc Lukasiak said tests will be conducted to confirm the suspicions of her physicians that the child died of H1N1, also known as swine flu.

The Allegheny County Health Department yesterday said 2-month-old Caryssa Phillips of Washington County died last weekend at UPMC Children's Hospital of suspected H1N1.

The state Department of Health yesterday reported a third victim of H1N1 from Fayette County has died. That update was provided by the department's Web site, but no additional information about the county's latest victim was reported.

Nearly 9,900 cases of the H1N1 virus have been reported across Pennsylvania, with an additional 113 cases listed as probable, according to the health department. There have been 37 confirmed fatalities, including four in Allegheny County, three in Fayette and one each in Beaver, Butler and Washington counties.

The agency also has announced it will conduct statewide clinics Friday through Sunday to administer free H1N1 vaccine to those in the recommended target groups that have not had previous access to the vaccine.

Individuals in the recommended target groups must schedule an appointment time, day and location prior to the clinic in order to receive the H1N1 vaccine in order to ensure that the correct type and amount of vaccine is available at each location.

"Our goal is to get the H1N1 vaccine to as many people as possible who are at risk of suffering serious complications from the virus," said Deputy Secretary Michael Huff. "These public health clinics will help us do just that with the amount of vaccine that is currently available to us."

Health clinics this weekend will be held Friday and Sunday from 2-8 p.m. Hours on Saturday will be 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Clinic number 2, which covers Fayette, Greene, Washington and Westmoreland counties, is located in the Mon Valley State Health Center, Eastgate 11, Monessen.

Appointments can be made at www.H1N1inPA.com under "What's Hot," 24 hours a day. Individuals without Internet access can call 1-877-PA HEALTH (1-877-724-3258) between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Lines are limited.

Anyone seeking vaccination should download an H1N1 vaccine consent form from www.h1n1inPA.com. Consent forms must be completed for each individual that has scheduled to be vaccinated.