Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Raynham Man 1st In State To Contract EEE
Health Officials Urge Residents To Use Caution
POSTED: 5:04 pm EDT September 3, 2011
UPDATED: 8:42 pm EDT September 3, 2011
BOSTON -- The first person infected this year with Eastern Equine Encephalitis is said to be an elderly man from Raynham.
Don McKinnon of the Raynham Health Department confirmed that the man lives in Raynham but did not know his identity.
"There's a gentleman, age 80, who has EEE,? said McKinnon. ?I hear he's a Raynhamite. I don't know his name. I don't know if whether he contracted it while in Raynham or somewhere else."
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health said testing confirmed the infection on Friday. The patient became ill on Saturday and was hospitalized a few days later.
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Read more: http://www.thebostonchannel.com/health/29073141/detail.html#ixzz1WykYjSdP
Health Officials Urge Residents To Use Caution
POSTED: 5:04 pm EDT September 3, 2011
UPDATED: 8:42 pm EDT September 3, 2011
BOSTON -- The first person infected this year with Eastern Equine Encephalitis is said to be an elderly man from Raynham.
Don McKinnon of the Raynham Health Department confirmed that the man lives in Raynham but did not know his identity.
"There's a gentleman, age 80, who has EEE,? said McKinnon. ?I hear he's a Raynhamite. I don't know his name. I don't know if whether he contracted it while in Raynham or somewhere else."
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health said testing confirmed the infection on Friday. The patient became ill on Saturday and was hospitalized a few days later.
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Read more: http://www.thebostonchannel.com/health/29073141/detail.html#ixzz1WykYjSdP