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Tunica Elementary Student Dies From Bacterial Meningitis
Posted: Apr 23, 2015 11:48 AM EDT
Updated: Apr 23, 2015 5:20 PM EDT
By Tom Dees, Reporter
A first grader from Tunica Elementary School has died after contracting bacterial meningitis.
The death of the six-year-old, who died at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., has both parents and students at Tunica Elementary rattled.
In a statement released Thursday afternoon, Tunica County Schools Superintendent Steve Chandler said the strain is not contagious and that students don't have to continue taking medication as a precaution...
Tunica Elementary Student Dies From Bacterial Meningitis
Posted: Apr 23, 2015 11:48 AM EDT
Updated: Apr 23, 2015 5:20 PM EDT
By Tom Dees, Reporter
A first grader from Tunica Elementary School has died after contracting bacterial meningitis.
The death of the six-year-old, who died at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., has both parents and students at Tunica Elementary rattled.
In a statement released Thursday afternoon, Tunica County Schools Superintendent Steve Chandler said the strain is not contagious and that students don't have to continue taking medication as a precaution...