• Hospital Sued

    Posted by Rose Kwett on May 16, 2020

    The parents of 7-month-old Blaize Wheeldon, who died from meningitis @ Silverton Medical Center in Salem, Oregon are suing the hospital for $6.3 million.


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  • Davao hit

    Posted by Rose Kwett on September 3, 2019

    Davao City has recorded its first case of meningococcemia, a four-year-old boy died six hours later after being brought to the Brokenshire Hospital Integrated Health Ministries, Inc.


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  • Vaccination Critical

    Posted by Rose Kwett on May 9, 2019

    World Meningitis Day is celebrated on April 24. The Philippine Foundation for Vaccination (PFV) Executive Director Lulu Bravo spoke about preventing potentially fatal meningococcal disease through vaccination.


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  • Phillippine Cases

    Posted by Rose Kwett on April 29, 2019

    Two toddlers, both girls were brought to Rogaciano M. Mercado Memorial Hospital (RMMMH) showing meningococcemia symptoms then transferred to San Lazaro Hospital in Manila where they died.


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  • Philippines Struck

    Posted by Rose Kwett on July 8, 2017

    The Department of Health (DOH) in Eastern Visayas confirmed six cases of meningococcemia in the region this year and claimed the lives of three children ages 11 months to…


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  • Rational Reaction

    Posted by Rose Kwett on April 28, 2017

    Over a decade ago, from October 2004 to January 2005, Baguio City General Hospital and Medical Center reported an almost-daily admittance of patients afflicted with meningococcemia-like symptoms.


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