Baby girl dies of meningitis

MENINGITIS claimed the life of a 17-month-old Kerrykeel girl at the weekend.

Baby girl dies of meningitis

The child, whose name has not been released, died in a Dublin hospital in the early hours of yesterday morning after being transferred from Letterkenny General Hospital (LGH).

It is understood she died from the meningococcal strain of meningitis and that a number of her family members are being kept under observation in LGH as a matter of precaution.

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