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Steve Bradley B'ham Mail 11 Feb 11
A fundraising drive launched by the parents of a Cheslyn Hay teenager who died suddenly of meningitis has topped the £70,000 mark.
The figure was reached as a charity sports evening was held at Walsall FC’s Bescot Stadium in memory of 13-year-old Liam Keeling…
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B'ham Mail 4 Sep 10
As children return to school, parents are being warned to guard against meningitis as the close confines of a classroom can increase the deadly risk.
Meningitis UK said the brain bug kills more under-fives than any other infectious disease while teenagers and students are also vulnerable. Charity members are also concerned that 62 per cent of people are unaware there is still no vaccine for the most common and one of the most deadly forms in the UK – meningitis B.
Meningitis B caused the death of youngsters like 13-year-old Liam Keeling, from Cheslyn Hay…
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Express & Star 26 Feb 10
The family and friends of a 13-year-old boy who died of meningitis have raised almost £11,000 for research into the disease. Liam Keeling, from Great Wyrley, died in October last year after contracting type B bacterial meningitis – a strain for which there is no reliable vaccine. Since then the teenager’s grief-stricken parents have been devoted to raising cash for charity Meningitis UK…
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Alison Dayani B’ham Mail 25 Jan 10
Sports-mad Liam Keeling, from Cheslyn Hay, was 13 when his life was cut short by the deadly bug, but swine flu may have also played a part…
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Walsall Advertiser 12 Jan 10
Swifty, the Walsall FC mascot, will be getting crowds into the fund-raising spirit at a charity match in memory of a talented young footballer at the end of January. Wyrley Juniors FC is supporting the family of 13-year-old Liam Keeling in raising funds for Meningitis UK. Liam, from Cheslyn Hay, was a promising sportsman who died in October after contracting bacterial meningitis…
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Sky News 25 Nov 09
A Blakenall meningitis victim left severely brain-damaged after blunders by medics has been awarded £3.2 million payout for a catalogue of NHS errors…
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BBC News 25 Nov 09
The family of a man left severely brain damaged because of a delay in diagnosing meningitis have said they were originally warned by medics not to waste the hospital’s time…
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Birmingham Mail 20 May 09
A five-year-old unnamed girl pupil at North Walsall Primary School has died from meningitis, it was confirmed today (Tue)…
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Express & Star 19 May 09
A five-year-old girl from North Walsall Primary School has died with suspected meningitis on Sunday…