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County jail inmate tests positive for tuberculosis
by WICS/WCCU StaffTuesday, March 5th 2019
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, Ill. (WICS/WCCU) ? A local hospital alerted the Champaign County Sheriff's Office Monday that a person in custody had tested positive for tuberculosis.
On Feb. 27, Correctional Center inmates informed medical staff that another inmate had a cough, accompanied by some blood.
After an examination, the inmate said he had been experiencing a persistent cough with blood for approximately a month or two, according to officials. Medical staff later took a chest x-ray.
On Feb. 28, medical staff transported the inmate to a local hospital for suspected pneumonia, as indicated on the x-ray...
County jail inmate tests positive for tuberculosis
by WICS/WCCU StaffTuesday, March 5th 2019
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, Ill. (WICS/WCCU) ? A local hospital alerted the Champaign County Sheriff's Office Monday that a person in custody had tested positive for tuberculosis.
On Feb. 27, Correctional Center inmates informed medical staff that another inmate had a cough, accompanied by some blood.
After an examination, the inmate said he had been experiencing a persistent cough with blood for approximately a month or two, according to officials. Medical staff later took a chest x-ray.
On Feb. 28, medical staff transported the inmate to a local hospital for suspected pneumonia, as indicated on the x-ray...