The Oklahoma personal injury lawyers in the law firm of Atkins & Markoff, whose website URL can be found at http://www.oklalawyer.com, warn the public of a recent report published by the Tulsa World newspaper that details the investigation of two possible cases of bacterial meningitis, including the death of a four-year-old child who attends a daycare center in Pawnee County were. Parents are encouraged to take measures to protect their children against this risk.
Oklahoma City, OK (PRWEB) February 29, 2012
The Oklahoma personal injury lawyers & Markoff of Atkins, an Oklahoma law firm that dedicates his time to represent clients injured the public of a recent article, hereby warnings published in the Tulsa World newspaper that details the ongoing investigation of two possible cases of bacterial meningitis, including the death of a four-year-old child who attends a daycare center in Pawnee County were. Officials and employees at the daycare center are at stake steps to try to prevent the spread of this disease.
This Tulsa World article stated that the four-year-old child who was killed by bacterial meningitis died on a Sunday after attending the Centre of reception of the previous Friday. No specific relationship between the conditions at the center of the reception and of this child contraction of this disease, but bacterial meningitis can be spread between people through the exchange of respiratory and throat secretions that include coughing, sneezing and kissing.
According to a study conducted by the u.s. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2010, more than 30,000 children under the age of four treated in emergency rooms for diseases and injuries that occurred at reception centres in the United States. Common causes of these injuries and diseases are unsafe playground equipment, unsafe cribs, the failure to use child safety gates and the transmission of infectious diseases. Common injuries and illnesses that occur include traumatic brain injury itself at reception centres, broken bones, severe cuts and various forms of diseases.
In Oklahoma are licensed daycare facilities required to carry liability insurance per existing State law. These reception centres must wear at least $ 200,000 in liability coverage in order their licenses with a good reputation, and this insurance is designed to provide coverage to children who suffer injuries center daycare Oklahoma.
The Oklahoma personal injury lawyers & Markoff of Atkins to be ever zealous to parents proposals in terms of their awareness of the potential risks of injury or disease in reception centres. According to statistics provided by the National Association of child care Resource Referral agencies, more than 175,000 children who & are six years old and younger who current childcare need.
About Atkins & Markoff
Atkins & Markoff, whose Web site is located on http://www.oklalawyer.com, is a law firm consists of Oklahoma personal injury lawyers who represent consumers and process and defend their legal rights for almost 15 years. The company processed legal affairs including Oklahoma car accidents, class action lawsuits, child/day-care injuries, defective products, medical malpractice, General personal injury and workers ' compensation under other legal issues.
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