In Tatarstan, a girl died from a possible meningococcal infection

In Tatarstan, a schoolgirl died, previously, from a lightning-fast form of meningococcal infection. The girl was on the autumn shift at a children's camp in Bugulma. This was announced on November 3 on the website of the Ministry of Youth of the republic.

"The preliminary diagnosis, according to the Leninogorsk CRH, is a lightning—fast form of meningococcal infection, Waterhouse-Friederiksen syndrome, meningococcemia. All participants of the shift are managed by Rospotrebnadzor in the Republic of Tatarstan," the publication says.

On the evening of November 1, a schoolgirl went to the camp's medical center in Bugulma with a headache and a temperature of 39.4 degrees. Her parents took her home, but the next day the child's condition required hospitalization. The girl was first taken to Bugulma Children's Hospital, and then transferred to the intensive care unit of the Leninogorsk CRH. Despite the efforts of doctors, she died on November 2.

All participants of the autumn shift were taken under medical supervision. The children who were in the same squad with the girl are planning to be vaccinated. A total of 195 children visited the Gubin camp on October 29.

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On October 13, a 15-year-old teenager from the Murmansk region died in a health camp in Sochi. Upon his death, the investigative authorities opened a criminal case under Article 109 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Causing death by negligence"). The victim's mother claims that the camp staff did not provide her son with timely medical care when his condition worsened, as a result of which the teenager died.