Angleton ISD issued an Urgent Medical Alert today to advise parents, students, and Angleton residents that a teacher at Frontier Elementary School was diagnosed with meningitis over the weekend.
When district officials were informed of the case on Saturday, they immediately contacted Dr. Leo O’Gorman, Medical Director of the Brazoria County Health Department, who has been in contact with the hospital where the teacher is receiving treatment.
“We are treating this situation with the utmost care and importance,” Superintendent Heath Burns said. “The health and safety of our students and staff is always a priority, and this is a very sensitive matter that requires our full attention. Right now our concern is on the wellbeing of our teacher and our focus is on notifying students and their parents about the situation.”
Burns says that parents of all the children in the teacher's class have been notified by school officials, and he advises anyone with questions or concerns to check with his/her private physician or Dr. O’Gorman at the Brazoria County Health Department at 979-864-1484.
At this time, the Brazoria County Health Department does not recommend any prophylactic (preventive) treatment.
“Please join us in wishing our staff member a complete and speedy recovery,” Burns said.
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Our prayer go to the person who is ill, and I hope that this person will have a speedy recovery.
The Meningitis Foundation of America (MFA), a national organization, would like the public and media to know that information is available regarding the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of meningitis. MFA was founded by parents whose children were affected by meningitis. In addition to supporting vaccines and other means of preventing meningitis, the MFA provides information to educate the public and medical professionals so that the early diagnosis, treatment and, most important, prevention of meningitis, will save lives. Meningitis is a dangerous and sometimes fatal inflammation of the brain and/or spinal cord that can leave survivors with serious life-long physical problems such as deafness, brain damage and other disabilities, meningitis can sometimes result in loss of limbs. MFA would like to be considered as a news resource for the disease. For further information, visit the MFA website at www.musa.org.
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