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Last update 11/05/2012 01:02:00 PM (GMT+7)
Hot weather leads to early outbreak of meningitis cases
VietNamNet Bridge ? Doctors have warned of an early presence of meningitis and encephalitis in children this summer as the number of children hospitalised appears to be rising, said deputy head of the National Paediatrics Hospital's Transmitted Diseases Faculty Do Thien Hai.
The disease is occurring noticeably earlier than last year, according to Hai.
Hospital statistics said that nearly 100 children were hospitalised for treatment due to encephalitis and meningitis since the beginning of this year. Most of the patients came to the hospital in a coma and needed respiration machines for support due to the late stages of their disease.
Hai said that most of the meningitis patients, of whom many are under 6 years old, had either just been vaccinated or did not finish all of the vaccine shots...
Last update 11/05/2012 01:02:00 PM (GMT+7)
Hot weather leads to early outbreak of meningitis cases
VietNamNet Bridge ? Doctors have warned of an early presence of meningitis and encephalitis in children this summer as the number of children hospitalised appears to be rising, said deputy head of the National Paediatrics Hospital's Transmitted Diseases Faculty Do Thien Hai.
The disease is occurring noticeably earlier than last year, according to Hai.
Hospital statistics said that nearly 100 children were hospitalised for treatment due to encephalitis and meningitis since the beginning of this year. Most of the patients came to the hospital in a coma and needed respiration machines for support due to the late stages of their disease.
Hai said that most of the meningitis patients, of whom many are under 6 years old, had either just been vaccinated or did not finish all of the vaccine shots...