Metro
City health director Nancy Welch said patients and visitors who were on a medical-surgical unit on the hospital's second floor from October to April will receive letters advising them to be tested for TB.
The nurse, who lived in Virginia Beach, died Saturday at Bon Secours De Paul Medical Center in Norfolk. She had been suffering from a cough since October and only recently sought treatment. She resigned from Chesapeake General in April.
Tuberculosis is caused by bacteria and is spread through the air when a person with an active case of TB of the lungs or throat coughs or sneezes.
Two of the nurse's family members and two Chesapeake General employees have tested positive for TB.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Mr. Oken is aware. He understands the situation. And I believe he is ready, so to speak, to meet his maker."
-- Fred Bennett, lead attorney for Steven H. Oken, after the
Supreme Court lifted a stay of execution and cleared the way
for the state of Maryland to execute the killer. -- Page A1
Compiled from reports by staff writers Karlyn Barker, Justin Blum, Serge F. Kovaleski and Ylan Q. Mui and the Associated Press.
© 2004 The Washington Post Company
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A Metro in Brief item in some June 17 editions incorrectly said that the president of Catholic University, the Rev. David M. O'Connell, rejected an application for an NAACP chapter at the school. The university's Division of Student Life made the decision, officials said.
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