Kimberley child contracts deadly disease

This article was recently seen in the Weekend West Newsapaper from Perth dated 28-29th May 2011.

"A Kununurra toddler has become the latest victim of a rare mosquito-borne disease. Murray Vally encephalitis has claimed two lives in rcent weeks, one in WA's North West and the other in the Northern Territory.

The two year old who is in a stable condition in Royal DArwin Hospital, contracted the disease in the Kimberley.

Halls Creek based poilice officer Const. Ryan Marron, 29, has come out of a coma in a Perth hospital but is still unable to communicate.

He contracted the virus during a two week relief stint at Balgo."

By: Kate Bastians

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