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21 Babies Infected by Critical Bug
I was getting ready for school this morning and I happened to glance at The New Zealand Herald newspaper on my way past the kitchen bench. My eyes fell upon an article about this, and I had a quick read. The newspaper’s title on the story shocked me, so I was eager to find out more.
An outbreak of Staphylococcus Aureus (a deadly bacteria) has infected at least 21 babies at Auckland’s City Hospital. This bacteria can cause diseases such as Meningitis, Pneumonia, Septicemia and Toxic Shock Syndrome for babies. It isn’t so bad for the rest of us though, usually producing only boils. But the bacteria is one of the top three fatal infections for newborn babies. All of the babies are being tested for the infection, and some of them are already seriously ill. But the hospital staff aren’t entirely sure if this is because of Staphylococcus Aureus or not.
I was pretty gutted when I read the article about this, because I thought of the babies’ mothers and/or fathers, and how it must have affected them. I mean, how would you feel if you had just gotten a new pet or something, and then you found out that they may be about to die? Yeah. Pretty disappointed. I wish that there was some way we could help the babies and their families, but for now all we can do is hope that they get better.
June 13th, 2008 at 10:20 am
I heard on the radio this morning that one of the babies had died but they weren’t sure if it was due to the bug as it was a prem baby who was already quite sick.
June 13th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
Hello Thanks so much for doing the blog role! Haha I will so come on your blog I know I can beat your hit counter!!!!!
And yea I agree I feel so sorry for the Mums/dads of those babies!
June 17th, 2008 at 11:31 am
i hadn’t heard about this but it sounds so sad and i no wat you mean about how the mothers and fathers would be so sad because their new born baby could die
June 21st, 2008 at 8:27 pm
Hi Hayley!
Oh my what a shock and how sad that was. I felt like crying when i read it. I mean, imagine how much it’d hurt them, a shame they had been born then had to die!
If i was the parent, i’d definitely be miserable for the entire of my life!! How sad and disappointed must they feel, oh god!! I wish there WAS a cure, but now we have to sit back and pray for their health to meet them.
Bye and thanks for sharing this and making my heart feel something for these babies.
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