UK: Meningitis 2011

[Ronan Kelly]

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Could doctors have saved Josh?

Published on Thursday 14 April 2011 05:01


A DEVASTATED mother has told how doctors repeatedly failed to acknowledge her son was critically ill just days before he died, instead saying his symptoms were caused by a virus.


Rachael Wells spent two days trying to convince health workers that her seven-month-old son Joshua needed urgent medical attention, making two trips to the casualty department at Alnwick Infirmary and several calls to Northern Doctors Urgent Care, which handles out-of-hours medical cover across Northumberland.

But each time, the 26-year-old data manager was told that he was suffering from a virus ? until he had a seizure.

Joshua was eventually taken to Wansbeck General Hospital and then transferred, first to North Tyneside and then the Royal Victoria Infirmary, where an aggressive strain of meningitis was detected. He died two days later on Thursday, March 17.

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http://www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/local-news/could_doctors_have_saved_josh_1_3285554

 

[Ronan Kelly]

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Meningitis Claims Four Young Victims In A Week
Posted on 15 April 2011 by Michael Barker

After the deaths of four youngsters, all being outside the most ?at risk? age group for the disease, everyone has had a shock as this now highlights that it can affect anyone, of any age.

Sue Davie, Chief Executive of the Meningitis Trust says; ?We are shocked to hear of the tragic deaths of Eloise Williams (13) from Cornwall, Christopher McKee (21) from Northern Ireland who was studying at Sunderland University, Michael Lloyd (15) from Gateshead, and Mohammed Khan (6) from Rochdale, which have struck communities across the UK, leaving thousands of young people struggling to cope with the death of a friend or fellow pupil?.

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http://sparksunderland.com/2011/04/15/meningitis-claims-four-young-victims-in-a-week/

 

[Ronan Kelly]

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Medical student dies from suspected meningitis
by Reporter, Sunday Mirror 17/04/2011

A MEDICAL student has died of suspected meningitis just weeks before she was due to qualify as a doctor.

Jenny Bucknell, 24, was physically fit and in her university?s rowing team.

Yet she suffered a blood clot on her lung and died after four days in hospital.

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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-st...es-from-suspected-meningitis-115875-23066263/

 

[Ronan Kelly]

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Newport baby with meningitis fights for life
10:10am Friday 13th May 2011

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LITTLE Levi Trotter lies in an incubator, fighting for his life after being diagnosed with killer bug meningitis.

The 12-day-old from Bettws, Newport, was rushed to the city?s Royal Gwent Hospital on Wednesday after he suddenly stopped breathing, but was saved by a heroic neighbour.

Born on May 1, the youngster was exactly one week old when he suddenly stopped breathing, leaving his parents Amber Collins and Aly Trotter, of Livale Road, Bettws, desperately trying to bring him back to life
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http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/ne...Newport_baby_with_meningitis_fights_for_life/

 

[Shiloh]

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Source: http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk...re-school/article-3601378-detail/article.html


Parents warned of meningitis outbreak at Lincolnshire school

PARENTS have been warned about an outbreak of meningitis at a Lincolnshire school.

A letter was sent to parents of children at Heckington St Andrew's Church of England Primary School on Monday, after a six-year-old boy was taken ill over the weekend.

But the Health Protection Agency, which is responsible for informing the public about health risks, said it was an isolated case...

 

[Ronan Kelly]

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Haydn, 10, loses meningitis battle
9:11am Thursday 23rd June 2011

By Morwenna Blake ?
A TEN-YEAR-OLD boy has died after battling meningitis for six weeks.

Haydn Harrison, a pupil at St Osmund?s School in Salisbury, died at Southampton General Hospital on Friday after bravely fighting for his life since he was first taken ill with meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia, the most serious strain of the infection, in May.

The football-mad youngster, who supported Arsenal, had had both legs and an arm amputated as doctors tried everything they could to save him but he caught an infection and died of multiple organ failure.

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http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/n...9.Haydn__10__loses_meningitis_battle/?ref=rss

 

[Ronan Kelly]

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Gifted student contracts meningitis on her 18th birthday and dies the next day
By Daily Mail Reporter

Last updated at 12:32 PM on 14th July 2011

A gifted student fell ill with meningitis on her 18th birthday and died the next day.

Georgia Tait had recently returned from a holiday to Kos, Greece, with friends to celebrate completing her A-levels.

She died from meningococcal septicaemia in hospital on Sunday surrounded by her family, just a day after first displaying symptoms.

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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...-celebrating-18th-birthday.html#ixzz1S53dPdqC

 

[Ronan Kelly]

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WE MUST BEAT DEADLY BRAIN BUG MENINGITIS



Tuesday September 20,2011
By Adrian Lee

ALMOST two decades after the first jabs against meningitis became available the disease is still capable of wrecking a life in a matter of hours. Now a vaccine for the B strain is on the horizon.


Within the next few months it is hoped the drug will gain a licence and become eligible for the UK?s highly successful immunisation programme.


If all goes well the first infants could be immunised against MenB within two years. Jabs against three other types of the disease including the deadly meningitis C were introduced with resounding success between 1992 and 2006 and deaths from it are now a rarity.

Until now MenB has defied scientists and about 1,500 UK cases are reported each year. The meningococcal B bacteria can attack the brain and the blood to cause septicaemia. Growing awareness about symptoms and treatments means most patients survive but the disease can take a terrible toll on the body
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http://www.express.co.uk/features/view/272394/We-must-beat-deadly-brain-bug-meningitis