So the head of the pediatric emergency room of the Niguarda hospital in Milan, on the sidelines of the meeting “Let’s take care of meningitis: act today to protect tomorrow. Stories that help you choose”, open to the public, held today in Milan
“Meningitis is a problem that mainly affects early childhood and old age, because these are the age groups in which the immune system is less ready to react to the attack of this type of germ. It is essential that parents are aware of the risk of choosing not to vaccinate their child against meningitis “. As Filippo Salvini, head of the pediatric emergency room of the Niguarda hospital in Milan, on the sidelines of the meeting “Let’s take care of meningitis: act today to protect tomorrow. Stories that help you choose”, open to the public, held today in Milan at the Medicinema Hall of the Niguarda Hospital in Milan and promoted by Adnkronos Comunicazione, with the unconditional support of Gsk.
“As an infectious disease specialist, as well as an emergency physician, I have experienced situations in which parents who had not vaccinated their children and who had lost one to meningitis, ran to me demanding that I get their children vaccinated. fortunately, however, these are infrequent cases – he concludes – in fact, over 90% of families decide to vaccinate their child against meningococcal meningitis”.
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