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SPOTLIGHT: OH doctor is probable source of meningitis infection

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Mary Rutan Hospital

An Ohio hospital has concluded that an anesthesiologist is probably the source of bacterial meningitis that killed one pregnant woman and infected another. The facility, Mary Rutan Hospital of Bellefontaine, says the doctor gave spinal anesthesiology to both before they delivered babies and didn't wear a face mask. Article

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