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Meningitis, Norwalk virus hit Martin Correctional Institution inmates
By Daphne Duret
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Updated: 6:50 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011
INDIANTOWN ? A pair of dangerous contagious disease outbreaks at a Treasure Coast prison over the past three weeks has left parts of the prison on quarantine and inmates' relatives scared for the prisoners' safety.
Prison officials at the Martin Correctional Institution were still dealing with a potentially deadly bacterial meningitis outbreak at the jail last week when Martin County Health Department officials say they were first alerted to the another contagious disease spreading through prison dorms - one that had inmates vomiting and experiencing flu-like symptoms...
Meningitis, Norwalk virus hit Martin Correctional Institution inmates
By Daphne Duret
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Updated: 6:50 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011
INDIANTOWN ? A pair of dangerous contagious disease outbreaks at a Treasure Coast prison over the past three weeks has left parts of the prison on quarantine and inmates' relatives scared for the prisoners' safety.
Prison officials at the Martin Correctional Institution were still dealing with a potentially deadly bacterial meningitis outbreak at the jail last week when Martin County Health Department officials say they were first alerted to the another contagious disease spreading through prison dorms - one that had inmates vomiting and experiencing flu-like symptoms...