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Plan Would Allow Children To Carry Own Inhalers Legislation Inspired By Death Of Camper POSTED: 7:14 p.m. EST January 30, 2003 CONCORD, N.H. -- The House passed two bills Thursday to allow children who have asthma or allergies to carry their own inhalers at school or at camps in New Hampshire. The legislation was inspired by the death of 14-year-old Jovahny Ortiz, who died of an asthma attack last summer at a YMCA summer camp on Lake Winnipesaukee. His inhaler was kept in a locker away from his cabin. The legislation would allow children to carry inhalers if they...