kiwibird
Editor, Senior Moderator
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/newshome/5696559
Very similar symptoms to the circulating A/H1N1. Not a good time for meningitis to emerge.
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Meningitis New Zealand
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Very similar symptoms to the circulating A/H1N1. Not a good time for meningitis to emerge.
kiwibird
Editor, Senior Moderator
Re: Meningitis New Zealand
Med student dies after contracting meningitis
A medical student who overcame a learning disability and was on his way to achieving his childhood goal of becoming a doctor has died after contracting meningitis.
Zac Gravatt, 22, died in Auckland City Hospital on Wednesday night, after being suddenly struck down by the disease.
The British-born trainee doctor had turned 22 less than a week earlier.
He had overcome dyslexia to get into medical school and was just two years away from becoming a doctor.
On the day he died, he rang his father, Lance Gravatt, to say he was so sick couldn't sit up. "I said to take fluid and Panadol and see a doctor," a devastated Mr Gravatt told the New Zealand Herald.
His son followed the advice and consulted a GP, who sent him to hospital immediately.
Lance Gravatt said his son would be remembered as a "full-on" person with a love of parties, who had put in all the extra work to overcome his learning difficulties.
Zac Gravatt's funeral is due to be held in Auckland on Tuesday.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/2585356/Med-student-dies-after-contracting-meningitis
Med student dies after contracting meningitis
A medical student who overcame a learning disability and was on his way to achieving his childhood goal of becoming a doctor has died after contracting meningitis.
Zac Gravatt, 22, died in Auckland City Hospital on Wednesday night, after being suddenly struck down by the disease.
The British-born trainee doctor had turned 22 less than a week earlier.
He had overcome dyslexia to get into medical school and was just two years away from becoming a doctor.
On the day he died, he rang his father, Lance Gravatt, to say he was so sick couldn't sit up. "I said to take fluid and Panadol and see a doctor," a devastated Mr Gravatt told the New Zealand Herald.
His son followed the advice and consulted a GP, who sent him to hospital immediately.
Lance Gravatt said his son would be remembered as a "full-on" person with a love of parties, who had put in all the extra work to overcome his learning difficulties.
Zac Gravatt's funeral is due to be held in Auckland on Tuesday.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/2585356/Med-student-dies-after-contracting-meningitis
Shiloh
Editor, Senior Moderator
Re: Meningitis New Zealand
Source: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2009/08/08/1245c17b1b8b
Health warning issued after outbreak of meningitis
Updated at 3:21pm on 8 August 2009
A cluster of meningitis cases in Wellington has prompted health authorities to warn parents of young children to be on the lookout for the serious disease.
A Wellington Medical Officer of Health, Annette Nesdale, says seven cases of meningococcal disease have been reported in the past three weeks when the region normally sees only one case a month.
Dr Nesdale says the initial symptoms are similar to influenza but children will quickly deteriorate, becoming hard to wake up and showing a rash that looks like small bruises under the skin.
She says the seven cases are unconnected and appear to be a result of the various flu strains and recent cold weather.
No other region is reporting any similar outbreak.
Source: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2009/08/08/1245c17b1b8b
Health warning issued after outbreak of meningitis
Updated at 3:21pm on 8 August 2009
A cluster of meningitis cases in Wellington has prompted health authorities to warn parents of young children to be on the lookout for the serious disease.
A Wellington Medical Officer of Health, Annette Nesdale, says seven cases of meningococcal disease have been reported in the past three weeks when the region normally sees only one case a month.
Dr Nesdale says the initial symptoms are similar to influenza but children will quickly deteriorate, becoming hard to wake up and showing a rash that looks like small bruises under the skin.
She says the seven cases are unconnected and appear to be a result of the various flu strains and recent cold weather.
No other region is reporting any similar outbreak.