- Mexican authorities on Wednesday arrested an anesthesiologist who is being accused of causing a meningitis outbreak that left 35 patients dead and 79 others sick.
- According to the chief prosecutor in the northern state of Durango, Sonia de la Garza, the anesthesiologist used “improper procedures” by using contaminated morphine on the patients, mostly pregnant women.
- At least 35 patients died from the meningitis outbreak and 79 contracted the disease since the outbreak started.
