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News Briefs Oklahoma: Tuberculosis Patient Dies After Refusing TreatmentJune 3, 2002 An Oklahoma woman who refused treatment for TB because of her religious convictions has died in her home after an 11-month quarantine. Maria Rebecca Rossiwall, 24, was a member of the Christian Science Church and received prayer, not medical treatment, according to her mother. "We can't make anyone take medicine," said Janice Sheehan, manager of communicable diseases for the Tulsa City-County Health Department. John Hueffner, a Christian Science practitioner who counseled Rossiwall for several months, said Rossiwall was a student from Austria who had been traveling in the United States when she was diagnosed with TB. The Health Department issued the quarantine July 1, 2001. Statewide, 14 Oklahomans died of TB last year, and Rossiwall was the sixth to die of the disease this year. So far this year, there have been 63 reported cases of TB statewide and five in Tulsa County. Associated Press 05.31.02  This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update. |
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