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Northland meningococcal death: Leaders plead for help as ‘well-loved’ boy passes away – New Zealand Herald
Covid-19 had restricted some vital health services to Northland’s most in need whānau.
Public health nurse Sue Baker administers the vaccine to a 13-year-old at Whangrei Girls High School in 2018. Photo / FileNorthland’s first meningococcal death in more than two years, a six-year-old boy, has Kaikohe leaders pleading for more essential health services in their rohe (area).
The boy, from the Kaikohe area, was sent home from Tautoro School on February 12 by a teacher for being unwell, before being admitted to Bay of Islands Hospital and later to Whangrei Hospital.
The boy passed away…
