| | MENINGITIS - MINISTER RESPONDS TO ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESSIVE GOVERNMENT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Mrs Christian refuted an assertion made by A.P.G. spokesperson, Mrs Brenda Cannell, M.H.K., that the numbers of cases of Meningitis recorded on the Island were more than that stated by the Department Member with responsibility for Health (Mr P Karran, M.H.K.), in response to a recent House of Keys Question. |
 | | As regards the specific case of a mother and baby quoted by Mrs Cannell, the Minister said 'The assumption by the A.P.G. that a mother and baby in hospital had Meningitis, is factually incorrect, in that only the mother was suspected of having the disease'. |
 | | She said 'The Isle of Man does not have a different method of reporting Meningitis as a notifiable disease as this is reported to the Office of the Director of Public Health in exactly the same way as in the United Kingdom. |
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