3 Stark County Doctors' Offices Need to Contact Patients After Fungal Meningitis Outbreak
The Ohio Department of Health released a list of 64 Ohio doctor's offices and health care facilities that need to alert its patients to a fungal meningitis outbreak. Three are located in Stark County.
Several Northeast Ohio doctors' office are on a list of 64 Ohio offices and health care facilities that need to contact patients and alert them to a fungal meningitis outbreak. Those patients would have received any injectable products from New England Compounding Center (NECC) since May 2012, according to the Ohio Department of Health website. Several doctors' office in Canton, which North Canton Patch users may be patients at, have purchased medication from that company. “We are working with health care providers to reach out to patients, but we need two-way communication,” said Dr. Ted Wymyslo, Director at the Ohio Department of Health. “At this time, ODH does not have a count on the number of patients that received drugs in the …
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