• Very Lethal

    Posted by Rose Kwett on June 26, 2021

    Gemma McGee, 24 year old from Longford, died from meningococcal septicaemia within 36 hours of falling ill. Dr Owen MacEneaney, who performed an autopsy,…


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  • Community Effort

    Posted by Rose Kwett on March 5, 2019

    Many families in the Hikurangi community were on high alert after the death of a local girl of meningococcal W last year. Many people could…


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  • Too Late

    Posted by Rose Kwett on February 20, 2019

    Alexis Albert died in July after contracting meningococcal disease six days after she celebrated her seventh birthday. Her mother Rowshae said, “I was actually quite…


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