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More Information Released in Tucker County H1N1 Death
[SIZE=-2]Posted Wednesday, January 6, 2010 ; 01:54 PM |[/SIZE]
<TABLE class=body id=storybody width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top>Rodney Heckler, 44, of Parsons, died at Ruby Memorial Hospital on Jan. 5.
Story by Jessika Lewis
MORGANTOWN -- A 44-year-old Parsons man died as a result of the H1N1 flu, according to the Tucker County Health Department.
Rodney Heckler was taken to Davis Memorial Hospital in Elkins on November 18, 2009 with flu-like symptoms, according to his daughter, Nicole Warnick.
Heckler was placed on a ventilator that following Saturday, and was eventually taken by helicopter to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown on Nov. 25, Warnick said.
The man was in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Ruby Memorial until his death on Tuesday, Jan. 5, stated Warnick.
Heckler had early onset Parkinson?s Disease, which he had known about for six years prior to his death, but Warnick said it did not affect him much.
The Tucker County Health Department wants the public to know that it still has H1N1 vaccines available.
For more information on the vaccines, contact the department at 304-478-3572.
http://www.wboy.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=72977
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[SIZE=-2]Posted Wednesday, January 6, 2010 ; 01:54 PM |[/SIZE]
<TABLE class=body id=storybody width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top>Rodney Heckler, 44, of Parsons, died at Ruby Memorial Hospital on Jan. 5.
Story by Jessika Lewis
MORGANTOWN -- A 44-year-old Parsons man died as a result of the H1N1 flu, according to the Tucker County Health Department.
Rodney Heckler was taken to Davis Memorial Hospital in Elkins on November 18, 2009 with flu-like symptoms, according to his daughter, Nicole Warnick.
Heckler was placed on a ventilator that following Saturday, and was eventually taken by helicopter to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown on Nov. 25, Warnick said.
The man was in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Ruby Memorial until his death on Tuesday, Jan. 5, stated Warnick.
Heckler had early onset Parkinson?s Disease, which he had known about for six years prior to his death, but Warnick said it did not affect him much.
The Tucker County Health Department wants the public to know that it still has H1N1 vaccines available.
For more information on the vaccines, contact the department at 304-478-3572.
http://www.wboy.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=72977
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