After a week and a half of doctors fighting for a four-year-old's life, the child died in hospital on September 16, his organ systems unable to recover due to exposure to diphtheria toxins, according to doctors.
"Diphtheria is a deadly but vaccine-preventable disease. Effective vaccines are available and have been paid for by the Latvian state for many decades. This tragic case reaffirms the importance of vaccination," the hospital says. Doctors stress that diphtheria is deadly or ...