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Student dies of meningitis
5th-grader at Petree became ill Thursday
By Richard Craver | Journal Reporter
Published: March 20, 2010
A student at Petree Elementary School died yesterday from bacterial meningitis, officials said.
Crystal Robinson died yesterday at the hospital, said Bonnie Davis, a spokeswoman at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
Crystal was being treated in the pediatric intensive-care unit.
Theo Helm, a spokesman for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, said that Crystal was a fifth-grader.
Helm said he couldn't give her age because of the school system's privacy policy.
Meningitis typically involves an inflammation of the tissues or fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord.
Crystal became sick on Thursday, said Dr. Tim Monroe, the health director for Forsyth County. She attended school on Thursday and became sick afterward, Helm said.
The health department said it is trying to contact the parents of students in Crystal's classroom, including making home visits to those who did not have a phone number listed.
"There is no identifiable risk for children in her classroom or in the school," Monroe said...
Student dies of meningitis
5th-grader at Petree became ill Thursday
By Richard Craver | Journal Reporter
Published: March 20, 2010
A student at Petree Elementary School died yesterday from bacterial meningitis, officials said.
Crystal Robinson died yesterday at the hospital, said Bonnie Davis, a spokeswoman at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
Crystal was being treated in the pediatric intensive-care unit.
Theo Helm, a spokesman for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, said that Crystal was a fifth-grader.
Helm said he couldn't give her age because of the school system's privacy policy.
Meningitis typically involves an inflammation of the tissues or fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord.
Crystal became sick on Thursday, said Dr. Tim Monroe, the health director for Forsyth County. She attended school on Thursday and became sick afterward, Helm said.
The health department said it is trying to contact the parents of students in Crystal's classroom, including making home visits to those who did not have a phone number listed.
"There is no identifiable risk for children in her classroom or in the school," Monroe said...