Girl, 12, Dies From Asthma Attack, School Didn't Call 911 or Take Her to ER

Laporshia Massey, 12, had problems breathing for much of the day at Bryant Elementary School in Philadelphia on Sept. 25.
Because of deep budget cuts to Philadelphia schools there is a nurse at Bryant only two days out of the week. The nurse wasn't there on the day when Massey had her asthma attack......

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Craftsman suffering asthma attacked dumped by coworker on roadside dies

A factory foreman scared by a coworker’s asthma attack pushed the wheezing man out of the truck and left him on the side of road.  The man died.
The body of Oan Thetna, a few days shy of his 44th birthday, was found across from a PTT gas station on Thepprasit Road Oct. 2, an asthma inhaler gripped tightly in the dead man’s right hand......

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Poverty, asthma high among Charles youth

Rates of homelessness, poverty and asthma among Charles County youth are on the rise, according to a needs assessment commissioned by the county’s Local Management Board.....

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