An 18-month old girl died of meningitis Sunday, according to
hospital officials in Be'er Sehva.
Her parents brought her to the Maayanei
Hayeshua medical center Sunday morning when she was already unconscious with a
fever and rash. The medical staff tried to resuscitate her but soon declared
her dead.
Prof. Moti Ravid, director of the hospital, said the toddler
died of meningitis. Her relatives who were in contact with her are receiving
preventative antibiotics.
Some 10 percent of meningitis cases result in death, more
often among children under the age of five.
Israel has employed meningitis vaccinations since 1994, with
children receiving it at ages two, four, six and twelve months. Experts
estimate that administering the vaccine could prevent some 4,000 cases of
hospitalization and 10 deaths per year.
In 2008, an 18-year-old student from Kfar Sava was declared
brain-dead after being infected with meningococcal meningitis.
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