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UK: Meningitis 2011

Ronan Kelly

Ronan Kelly

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Meningitis risk rises in wake of flu season
Jan 10 2011 by Madeleine Brindley, Western Mail

Add a commentRecommend WALES could be hit by a rise in the number of cases of potentially lethal meningitis in the wake of the winter flu season, health experts have warned.

Parents are being urged to be aware of the symptoms of meningococcal disease, which includes meningitis and septicaemia.

Public Health Wales is also contacting GPs about the link between outbreaks of flu and a rise in cases of meningococcal disease.

Children under five are thought to be most at risk, even if they have been vaccinated against meningococcal disease.

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Read More http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/w...e-of-flu-season-91466-27957679/#ixzz1AdQYa47V
 
UK: Meningitis claims life of North Somerset family man, aged 30

UK: Meningitis claims life of North Somerset family man, aged 30

Meningitis claims life of North Somerset family man, aged 30
By heather pickstock

Tributes have been paid to a keen sportsman who died suddenly after contracting meningitis.

Darren Evans, 30, of Yatton, was rushed to hospital on New Year's Day after feeling unwell and died the following day after being diagnosed with bacterial meningitis.

Darren, a dad of one who grew up in the village, had felt unwell over Christmas but thought he had seasonal flu and had started to improve.
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http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news...n-aged-30/article-3084135-detail/article.html
 
UK: 17-year-old Carlisle girl has died from meningitis

UK: 17-year-old Carlisle girl has died from meningitis

Tributes to Cumbrian teenager who died from rare illness
By Staff Reporter

Last updated at 12:08, Monday, 10 January 2011


A 17-year-old Carlisle girl has died from a rare illness.


Sally GlendinningThe tragic death of Sally Glendinning, a sixth-form student at the Richard Rose Central Academy, is believed to have been caused after she contracted a suspected meningococcal infection during the recent school holidays.

Meningococcal infection is a serious illness that can cause meningitis (inflammation of the brain) or septicaemia (blood poisoning).

Russ Wallace, headteacher of the academy, said today: ?We were told the dreadful news by Sally?s parents on Friday. We informed our sixth-form students later the same day.

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http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/t...-from-rare-illness-1.797800?referrerPath=news
 
UK: Five-year-old boy died of meningitis

UK: Five-year-old boy died of meningitis

My five-year-old son developed a rash, an hour later he had died from meningitis
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 9:13 PM on 12th January 2011
Ethan Scholes, 5, complained of a headache but showed no other symptoms until an hour before his death
A five-year-old boy died of meningitis just an hour after a rash began developing on his body, his parents revealed today.

Young Ethan Scholes could not be saved by medics after his family rushed him to hospital.

His father Stuart Walters, 54, said there were no warning signs that his son was so gravely ill when he first started complaining of a headache on New Year's Day.

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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...hour-later-died-meningitis.html#ixzz1ArmLiUSK
 
UK: 24-year-old died from menigitis

UK: 24-year-old died from menigitis

Sam Bearman, 24, died in Broomfield Hospital after contracting meningitis
11:46am Wednesday 12th January 2011

By Owen Bennett ?

THE GRIEVING mother of a 24-year-old who died from menigitis has spoken of her loss.

Sam Bearman, of Plains Field, Braintree, died in Broomfield Hospital last Thursday after the disease caused his brain to swell.

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http://www.braintreeandwithamtimes....of_meningitis_victim_pays_tribute_to_her_son/
 
Re: UK: Meningitis 2011

Blackburn toddler dies from meningitis
8:20am Friday 14th January 2011

By David Watkinson ?
Chief reporter


AN 18-month-old boy has died from meningitis just two days after being taken ill.

The parents of Finlay Jay Johnston told of their pain at the death of their ?cheeky little boy?, who was first thought to be suffering from flu.

After three dots were spotted on his stomach when he arrived in Royal Blackburn Hospital, he was taken to the emergency department, but his condition deteriorated.

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http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/health/8790424.Blackburn_toddler_dies_from_meningitis/
 
Re: UK: Meningitis 2011

Players united in tribute to girl, 4, who died from meningitis

By hayley harp hayley.harp@thesentinel.co.uk

MEMBERS of a football community teamed up to show their support for the family of a four-year-old girl who died of meningitis.

The match was organised by Biddulph Ladsandads following the death of Stacey Boulton.

She died on December 29, just hours after first complaining of being ill.

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http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.u...te-Stacey/article-3107744-detail/article.html
 
Re: UK: Meningitis 2011

Meningitis theory over sons death.
Austin Reeve

Published on Thu Jan 20 09:26:16 GMT 2011


FAMILY and friends have been shaken by the death of a 25-year-old Bridlington man ? who may have died from meningitis.


Heating engineer Austin Brian Reeve, 25, was found dead by his girlfriend the morning after he visited Bridlington Hospital?s GP Access Centre, complaining of a fever, nausea, headache and back ache.

Humberside Police investigated Austin?s death and prepared a detailed file for the coroner.

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http://www.driffieldtoday.co.uk/news/local/meningitis_theory_over_sons_death_1_2945940
 
Re: UK: Meningitis 2011

IVF toddler twins struck down with meningitis... but only one survives after hospital blunder
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 11:53 AM on 21st January 2011
Devastated mother says doctor turned them away from hospital just hours before her daughter died
A young girl has died after being struck down by meningitis - as her twin brother narrowly survived the deadly disease.
Brian and Julie Backhouse said their 23-month-old daughter Lili passed away, after a hospital doctor failed to spot she had the killer brain bug and sent her home.

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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...-survives-hospital-blunder.html#ixzz1BfhlOvTA
 
Re: UK: Meningitis 2011

British girl, 3, dies from blood poisoning in Cuba just hours after falling illBy Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 5:44 PM on 24th January 2011

A three-year-old British girl died during a family holiday to Cuba, just hours after falling ill.
Lavae DaSilva was playing happily with family and friends on the island of Cayo Coco in Cuba when she complained that she felt hot and had stomach pains.
Within 12 hours she had died of blood poisoning in a medical centre with mum Nicola at her side.

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experts at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London and Meningitis UK believe she may have had meningococcal septicaemia - a type of blood poisoning caused by the same type of bacteria that causes meningitis.
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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...uba-just-hours-falling-ill.html#ixzz1BzVULuUL
 
Re: UK: Meningitis 2011

Meningitis kills 'Concrete Bob' within hours but his heart saves boy of 17
By martin naylor mnaylor@derbytelegraph.co.uk

THE heart of a Derby dad who died of meningitis hours after collapsing at work has saved the life of a 17-year-old boy.

Bob Chambers, known as "Concrete Bob" because he drove a cement mixer, fell ill as he sat alone in a cabin at Tarmac Topmix in John Street, Derby, on January 14.

Colleagues discovered him unconscious on the floor and called an ambulance. They also discovered he had written down his symptoms.

His family rushed to his bedside but were warned by doctors to "expect the worst". He died in the early hours of the following day.

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http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/n...es-boy-17/article-3139273-detail/article.html
 
Re: UK: Meningitis 2011

Soldier and brother share hospital ward after contracting meningitis
2:06pm Wednesday 2nd February 2011

A SOLDIER hospitalised by meningitis has been joined in the ward by his brother with his whole family needing treatment.

Sapper Ashley Hall, who lost both his legs and suffered other serious injuries in a bomb blast in Afghanistan, has contracted viral meningitis and is on a drip at Colchester General Hospital.

On Monday night he was rushed to hospital. By Tuesday night his 18-year-old brother Matt needed a hospital bed after contracting the illness.

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http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/...e_hospital_ward_after_contracting_meningitis/
 
Re: UK: Meningitis 2011

BOY, 3, DIES OF BUG AT TOP SCHOOL

Sunday February 13,2011
By Roddy Ashworth A THREE-YEAR-OLD pupil from one of the country?s top private schools has died after contracting meningitis.


Parents at the kindergarten section of Dulwich College, known as Ducks, were told of the boy?s death in a message from the school?s headteacher, Dr Joseph Spence.

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The letter, signed by a consultant in communicable disease control, said: ?I am writing to inform you that a child who goes to Dulwich College Kindergarten School has died as a result of suspected meningococcal septicaemia.

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Read more: http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view...Boy-3-dies-of-bug-at-top-school#ixzz1DpikVUlx
 
Re: UK: Meningitis 2011

Girl dies and second is rushed to hospital after meningitis outbreak at secondary school
By Richard Hartley-parkinson
Last updated at 10:34 AM on 6th April 2011

A girl has died and another is in hospital after a meningitis outbreak at a school in Cornwall.
Other children at Wadebridge School, a mixed comprehensive with around 1,200 students, are being given antibiotics after the girl, in Year 8, died on March 29.
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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-outbreak-secondary-school.html#ixzz1Ijm94yus
 
Re: UK: Meningitis 2011

Girl, five, ?seriously ill? in Glasgow hospital with meningitis
By Pam McClounie

Last updated at 10:06, Saturday, 09 April 2011


A five-year-old girl from Annan is in a serious condition in hospital after being struck down with meningitis.

She has been airlifted to Yorkhill Children?s Hospital in Glasgow for treatment.

A 34-year-old man from Dumfries has also been struck down with meningitis and is responding well to treatment in Dumfries Infirmary.

Public health officials said there was no link between the two cases .

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http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/girl-five-seriously-ill-with-meningitis-1.826299?referrerPath=news
 
Re: UK: Meningitis 2011

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-13046404

12 April 2011 Last updated at 04:01 ET
Gateshead pupils given antibiotics in meningitis scare


Pupils at a Gateshead school have been offered antibiotics after two teenagers were taken to hospital with suspected meningitis.

The boys, from Year 10 at Emmanuel College, were taken ill over the weekend.

Letters have been sent to parents of all 1,241 students at the school giving them advice and information...
 
Re: UK: Meningitis 2011

Teenage boy dies from meningitis
10:32am Wednesday 13th April 2011
By Gavin Engelbrecht ?

A NORTH-EAST teenager who was taken to hospital with suspected meningitis has died, it has been confirmed.

Michael Lloyd was one of two 15-year-old boys from Emmanuel College in Gateshead who took ill over the weekend with what is believed to be the meningococcal strain of the killer bug.

The condition of the other boy is said to be improving slowly.

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http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/tyneandwear/8970762.Teenage_boy_dies_from_meningitis/
 
Re: UK: Meningitis 2011

Meningitis tragedy of six-year-old boy who died hours after being sent home from Rochdale Infirmary
Simon Coyle

April 13, 2011

Six-year-old Mohammed Akheel Khan from Rochdale

A six-year-old boy died from meningitis just hours after he was sent home with antibiotics by hospital staff.

Mohammed Akheel Khan was rushed to Rochdale Infirmary Urgent Care Centre (UCC) by his mum, Safina, after he started vomiting at school.

He was discharged by a doctor, who Mohammed?s family say told them the little boy had tonsillitis and that they should let him ?sleep it off?.

But less than five hours later Mohammed was taken back to the hospital after his condition deteriorated.

He was diagnosed with meningitis and died two hours later

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http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereve...after-being-sent-home-from-rochdale-infirmary
 
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