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A NEWS ALERT ON A
DEADLY MENINIGITIS
WE'VE LEARNED NEARLY
200 PATIENTS IN RHODE
ISLAND RECEIVED A
STEROID MEDICATION
FROM A MASSACHUSETTS
THAT'S BEEN LINKED TO
HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW --
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT
90 PEOPLE GOT THE
STEROID FROM....
COMPOUNDING CENTER IN
FRAMINGHAM.
WE'VE LEARNED ALL
MONITORED FOR SIGNS OF
EYEWITNESS NEWS
MOBILIA HAS THE VERY
LATEST.
47 MORE, IN SEVEN STATES,
FORM OF FUNGAL MENINGITIS --
AFTER RECEIVING TAINTED
THOSE INJECTIONS WERE
MANUFACTURED AT THE NEW
CENTER IN FRAMINGHAM,
IT'S A SPECIALTY PHARMACY
THAT'S BELIEVED TO HAVE
STATES - WITH TAINTED
STEROIDS.
ISLAND HEALTH OFFICIALS -
NEARLY 200 PEOPLE HERE IN
THE OCEAN STATE- ARE NOW
BEING MONITORED FOR SIGNS
RECEIVING POTENTIALLY
TAINTED INJECTIONS AT NEW
ENGLAND ANESTHESIOLOGY IN
EAST GREENWICH, AND THE
OCEAN STATE PAIN
WOONSOCKET AND WARWICK.
FUNGAL MENINGITIS IS A NON-
CONTAGIOUS FORM OF THE
BACTERIAL OR VIRAL TYPES.
AUTHORITIES SAY SOME
PEOPLE WERE EXPERIENCING
MILD STROKE-LIKE SYMPTOMS,
INCLUDING SLURRED SPEECH,
AND DIFFICULTY WALKING.
SEVERE HEADACHE, NAUSEA,
DIZZINESS AND FEVER.
(KS)
MOBILIA REPORTING.
ADDITIONAL LOTS OF THE
RECALLED -- ALTHOUGH AT
THIS TIME THEY ARE NOT
OUTBREAK.