TO:
      ALL
      STUDENTS
      &
      STAFF
     
    
   
   
    
     
      FROM:
      Sharon
      Mullin-Zimmermann,
      R.N.
     
     
      Health
      Nurse
      .
     
    
   
   
    
     
      RE:
      Rubella
      (German
      Measles)
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      following
      information
      was
      brought
      to
      my
      attention
      by
      Dr.
      Lamont
      Sweet,
      Chief
     
     
      Health
      Officer
      of
      Prince
      Edward
      Island:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Recently
      there
      have
      been
      several
      patients
      in
      Prince
      Edward
      Island
      diagnosed
      as
     
     
      having
      rashes
      due
      to
      a
      number
      of
      different
      viruses.
      A
      few
      of
      these
      patients
      have
     
     
      ‘been
      found
      to
      have.
      German
      measles.
      In
      September
      there
      have
      been
      two
      cases
     
     
      between
      the
      ages
      of
      20
      and
      22
      years
      of
      age.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Persons
      with
      German
      measles
      usually
      are
      not
      ill.
      Symptoms
      of
      German
      measles
     
     
      include
      mild
      fever,
      swollen
      glands
      in
      the
      back
      of
      the
      neck,
      and
      a
      red
      rash
      which
     
     
      begins
      on
      the
      face
      and
      moves
      downward
      on
      the
      body.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Vaccine
      for
      rubella
      has
      been
      provided
      to
      school
      children
      in
      Prince
      Edward
      Island
     
     
      _
      gtnce
      1970.
      Those
      who
      have
      had
      the
      vaccine
      may,
      however,
      develop
      a
      mild
      form
      of
     
     
      the
      disease.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      only
      concern
      about
      German
      measles
      is
      for
      women
      during
      the
      first
      five
      months
     
     
      of
      pregnancy
      when
      the
      virus
      can
      pass
      from
      the
      mother
      to
      the
      fetus.
      The
      virus
      can
     
     
      affect
      the
      nervous
      or
      heart
      systems
      of
      such
      fetuses.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      following
      recommendations
      are
      being
      made
      at
      this
      time:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      his
      All
      women
      who
      plan
      a
      future
      pregnancy
      (particularly
      within
      the
      next
      six
     
     
      months)
      should
      receive
      the
      vaccine
      at
      this
      time
      if
      they
      have
      not
      been
     
     
      previously
      immunized.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ae
      Pregnant
      women
      who
      develop
      symptoms
      of
      German
      measles
      during
      the
      first
     
     
      five
      months
      of
      their
      pregnancy
      should
      see
      their
      physician.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Students
      should
      be
      reminded
      that
      German
      measles
      is
      a
      mild
      illness
      and
      that
      most
     
     
      pregnant
      women
      are
      probably
      already
      immune
      to
      this
      disease.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      THERE
      IS
      NO
      IMMEDIATE
      CAUSE
      FOR
      ALARM.
      However,
      it
      is
      felt
      advisable
      that
      you
     
     
      be
      aware
      of
      the
      presence
      of
      German
      measles
      in
      P.E.L.
      at
      this
      time.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dr.
      Lamont
      Sweet
     
     
      Chief
      Health
      Officer,
      P.E.I.
     
     
      October
      6,
      1992
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      HOURS
      HEALTH
      CENTRE
     
    
   
   
    
     
      1992-93
     
     
      The
      Health
      Centre
      will
      be
      open
      Mon.
      to
      Fri.
      0830
      —
      1600.
     
     
      The
      doctors
      are:
      Mon.
      Dr.
      Tweel
      0930
      -
      1230
     
     
      Tues.
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      MacKenzie
      1330
      -
      1600
     
     
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      Sheehan
      0930
      -
      1230
     
     
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      Dr.
      Reid
      0930
      -
      1230
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      0616
     
     
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