Monday, December 11, 2006

5-yr-old girl succumbed to suspected meningo

CABIAO, Nueva Ecija - A 5-year-old girl from Barangay San Fernando Sur here died of suspected meningoccoccemia on Monday at the Paulino J. Garcia Memorial Research and Medical Center.

Dr. Leon de Leon, municipal health officer, said they recommended the immediate burial of the victim as her family refuses to subject the body to further test.

The victim's close contacts were also given shots of antibiotics, he said.

He stressed though that the case was not a hundred percent meningo. "Only suspected of," he said.

It was learned that the victim was rushed to a local clinic in Cabiao due to high fever but attending physician recommended the transfer to PJGMRMC "on protocol." There, the victime expired. -Armand M. Galang

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