Mexico: Durango reports 41st fungal meningitis death in outbreak

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Source: https://www.elsoldedurango.com.mx/l...ca-cobra-otra-victima-en-durango-9529921.html

Thursday, January 26, 2023
Fungal meningitis claims another victim in Durango
There are 32 people who have lost their lives due to this disease, which they were infected by undergoing surgery in a private hospital

The Sun of Durango |

On Thursday night, the death of one more patient was reported as a result of the outbreak of fungal meningitis, at the General Hospital 450 in the city of Durango, with her are the 32 women who have died since last November 1, date the first victim was registered.

With this death, the 13-day streak is broken without new deaths being reported for this reason, however, to date, 79 confirmed cases have been reported, of which three are men and the rest are women who underwent a surgical procedure in one of the four hospitals that were closed by the authorities and for whose owners there is an arrest warrant....

 

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Source: https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/esta...eren-por-meningitis-suman-33-casos-en-durango

Two more women die from meningitis, totaling 33 cases in Durango
There are 33 deaths and 79 confirmed cases after infections of aseptic meningitis that arose in private hospitals in DurangoStates 01/28/2023 18:24 Francisco Rodríguez / Correspondent Updated 19:10

The Durango Health Secretariat confirmed that deaths from meningitis increased to 33 cases, after two people died from this disease.

In total, the entity has 79 confirmed cases. It was reported that the two most recent deaths from meningitis were in two women who had already been hospitalized for several days at Hospital 450 in the capital, and who unfortunately did not progress to treatment.


Until now, the arrest of any of the seven people, administrators and owners of the four private hospitals where the people were infected, to whom an arrest warrant was issued, has not yet been confirmed.

Although the number of confirmed cases and deaths had fortunately stagnated, the last two deaths were a reminder that the families continue without obtaining justice and without knowing for sure what was the origin of this fungus that has claimed the lives of 33 women and a man...

 

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Source: https://www.reuters.com/business/he...ous-meningitis-outbreak-mexico-35-2023-02-06/

Death toll from mysterious meningitis outbreak in Mexico at 35
By Carolina Pulice

MEXICO CITY, Feb 6 (Reuters) - State officials in northern Mexico on Monday reported another death caused by a mysterious meningitis outbreak, bringing the total number of victims linked to the disease to 35.

To date, health authorities in Mexico's largely rural Durango state have documented 79 meningitis cases over the past few months...

 

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Source: https://www.elsoldedurango.com.mx/l...r-meningitis-micotica-en-durango-9623892.html

Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Another woman dies of fungal meningitis in Durango
There are 36 people who have lost their lives as a result of this health emergency that to date has infected 79 patients
Erika Uribe | The Sun of Durango

This Wednesday, February 15, the death of a woman was announced as a result of the outbreak of fungal meningitis that keeps Durango in a health emergency situation, it is Ana Laura Delgado who unfortunately left a seven-year-old boy orphaned, a five-year-old girl and a five-month-old baby.

Ana Laura is the 36th victim of meningitis, this after October of last year the first cases of this disease began to be disclosed, which to date has resulted in the infection of 79 people, mostly women who came to have their children in one of the four private hospitals identified as responsible for the contagion.

Just last Friday, a demonstration was held in which the relatives of those who have died for this reason participated, as well as some patients receiving treatment at home, however they have resulted in motor impairments such as lack of sensation in their legs after be diagnosed with this fungus.

Regarding the issue, the Secretary of Health of Durango, Irasema Kondo Padilla, announced that there are currently two patients in serious condition, one of whom is in the General Hospital 450 and one more in the High Specialty Medicine Unit of the IMSS in Torreón Coahuila; in addition to two stable patients admitted to the General Hospital 450.

"Let's hope that there are no longer patients who come to complicated therapy," said the head of the State Health Secretariat, who reported that patients who are at home are being monitored either with oral or outpatient treatment, all of them They are diagnosed as stable.

She also acknowledged that so far this year there have been no new cases of fungal meningitis, which they consider something positive.

Remember that last Sunday the hearings to link the process of three of the alleged perpetrators of the health crisis were held, it was Joaquín "N", who served as state commissioner of Coprised and Guadalupe "N", to whom the verification of the Hospital del Parque, a place that, according to the State Attorney General's Office (FGE), is the focus of the infection after being the place where the most cases have occurred.

In addition, the anesthesiologist of some of the patients was linked to the process and who, according to the investigations and files that are in the possession of the Prosecutor's Office, his practices could have been the ones that led to the development of the fungus in these hospitals.

 

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Source: https://www.milenio.com/salud/meningitis-en-durango-brote-de-crisis-sanitaria

Meningitis in Durango; This was the growth of the health crisis
The disease has also left 36 deaths and 71 orphans.
Luis Alberto Lopez
Durango, Durango / 03.29.2023 12:48:15

The outbreak of meningitis in hospitals in Durango has left 36 people dead and 9 detainees to date. There are 80 confirmed cases and 71 orphans also due to the disease, according to official data.

The first crisis of the six-year term of Governor Esteban Villegas Villarreal began in October and on November 1 the health authority confirmed the existence of an outbreak of the disease, one day later the existence of the first 10 cases was established.

Over the weeks there was an increase in patients and fatalities as well. Citizen discontent resulted in demonstrations that began on November 25 of last year, led by relatives of patients with meningitis.

On December 1, the Undersecretary for Prevention and Health Promotion, Hugo López-Gatell, went to the capital to give a press conference on the outbreak and explained that the cause of everything was an anesthesia procedure applied by means of needles. to the spinal cord, known as the spinal cord...

 

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Source: https://www.infobae.com/mexico/2023...urio-otra-joven-en-durango-suman-37-victimas/

Outbreak of meningitis in Durango already left 37 dead
Since the expansion of the fungus in medicines, 80 cases have been confirmed
Apr 15, 2023

The health authorities of the state of Durango reported that on April 12, 19-year-old María Alexa died, a victim of the outbreak of meningitis unleashed in different hospitals in the entity, thus adding 37 deaths due to the fungus spread in medicines.

The young woman was admitted to the General Hospital 450 in Durango, where she was treated for about five months after having acquired acute meningitis in one of the four private hospitals in the city.

It should be noted that, according to the Ministry of Health, a total of 80 confirmed cases of meningitis were registered since last October when the first case was admitted to hospitals. Until now, the investigations are still ongoing to determine how the fungus spread between the different hospitals involved...

 

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Source: https://www.elsiglodedurango.com.mx/noticia/2023/fallece-paciente-40-de-meningitis.html


Patient 40 dies of meningitis in Durango
SAUL MALDONADO Jul 6, 2023 - 08:33

On the night of this past Tuesday, Estela Monarrez Mendoza, 30 years old, originally from Santa María del Oro, died, who was seriously ill for several days due to meningitis; With this case, Durango accumulates 40 deaths from this disease.

Estela was the 80th positive patient with meningitis; She was infected in September during surgery at the Hospital del Parque, and despite having symptoms, she did not go to the puncture test until February of this year.

However, she had been in serious condition and hospitalized for several days, and on Tuesday night, around 10:00 p.m., her death was finally recorded.

So far there are 80 positive cases of meningitis and 40 deaths, with which Durango accumulates a mortality rate of 50 percent.

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Source: https://vanguardia.com.mx/noticias/...-durango-murio-una-mujer-de-29-anos-FA8651315

There are 41 victims of meningitis in Durango, a 29-year-old woman died
News
/ July 23, 2023

This Sunday, victim 41 died of meningitis in Durango, who had been hospitalized since Friday at Hospital 450 in the state capital.

The woman was identified as Carmen, 29 years old and originally from the municipality of Santiago Papasquiaro.

Carmen was admitted to the hospital last Sunday for an embolism and already had total loss of sight, revealed David Payán, in charge of care for victims and relatives of the meningitis crisis.

The patient's operation took place at the Hospital del Parque, where the largest number of cases and deaths were generated.

And although she was a beneficiary of the Institute of Social Security and State Worker Services (ISSSTE), the family decided at the beginning of the health crisis to be treated at Hospital 450, since it was one of the first cases registered in the entity.

With information from López-Dóriga Digital​