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RELEASED ANY NAMES OR POSSIBLE
CHARGES AGAINST THE DRIVER.
A TAINTED BATCH OF STEROID SHOTS
HAVE SPARKED A NATIONAL OUTBREAK
OF MENINGITIS. WHAT'S THE RISK
FOR WESTERN NEW YORKERS? NEWS
4'S EMILY GUGGENMOS HAS BEEN
DIGGING ALL MORNING FOR ANSWERS
. SHE'S IN THE NEWSROOM WITH THE
LATEST. EMILY?
SO FAR THERE HAVE BEEN 35 CASES
OF MENINGITIS IN THE COUNTRY..
AT LEAST 5 PEOPLE HAVE DIED.
I'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGHOUT THE
MORNING.. MAKING PHONE CALLS TO
SEE IF YOU'RE AT RISK.. HERE IN
WESTERN NEW YORK. THE STATE
HEALTH DEPARTMENT TELLS ME.. 3
SITES IN THE STATE.. RECEIVED
SHIPMENTS OF THE TAINTED
STERIOD.
THE MENINGITIS IS BEING FOUND IN
A STERIOD INJECTION MADE AT NEW
ENGLAND COMPOUNDING CENTER. EACH
PATIENT INFECTED RECEIVED THE
INJECTION TO THE SPINE, A COMMON
TREATMENT FOR BACK PAIN. AND
DOCTORS WORRY MORE CASES WILL
SURFACE.
((20:08:03:05 THE WHOLE THING IS
A STATE OF FLUX, WE ARE GOING
DAY BY DAY. (3 ) )) PATIENTS IN
23 STATES COULD'VE BEEN EXPOSED
TO THE TAINTED MEDICATION...
THAT INCLUDES PATIENTS IN NEW
YORK. AN OFFICIAL WITH THE STATE
HEALTH DEPARMENT SAYS 3
DIFFERENT SITES IN THE STATE
RECEIVED SHIPMENTS OF THE
STERIOD... ALL WERE PULLED AFTER
THE SITES WERE NOTIFIED ON
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 28TH.
((20:05:56:04 AT ITS WORST IT
CAUSES STROKES, INJURIES TO
BRAIN AND SOMETIMES INJURIES TO
VITAL CENTERS OF BRAIN. (10)))
AT THIS POINT.. OFFICIALS DON'T
KNOW IF ANYONE IN NEW YORK WAS
GIVEN THE TAINTED STERIOD... AND
THEY AREN'T SAYING WHERE THE 3
SITES ARE LOCATED. I ALSO
TALKED WITH THE ERIE COUNTY
HEALTH DEPARTMENT OVER THE
PHONE. OFFICIALS TELL ME TELL
ME THERE WERE NO VILES IN
WESTERN NEW YORK... AND HE
DOESN'T BELIEVE RESIDENTS NEED
TO WORRY HERE LOCALLY.
STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT
OFFICIALS SAY THEY AREN'T
RELEASING THE SITE LOCATIONS IN
PART BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE PART OF
A BROADER RECALL. OF COURSE
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP DIGGING TO
FIND OUT IF THERE'S ANY CHANCE
WESTERN NEW YORKERS MIGHT HAVE
BEEN INFECTED. DOCTORS SAY IF
IDENTIFIED EARLY, ANTI-FUNGAL
THERAPY CAN FIGHT THE