A nursing home has announced its seventh resident with Legionnaires. The disease is most often found in hot water or aerosol or mist systems. The disease can be fatal.
So far there have been 83 cases of the disease in one state and six of those cases have been fatal. The nursing home reporting the contamination is still admitting patients and allowing visitors. For more, read the story.
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Robert W. Carter, Jr. is a Virginia attorney whose law practice is dedicated to protecting the rights of the victims of nursing home and assisted living neglect and abuse in Richmond, Roanoke, Norfolk, Lynchburg, Danville, Charlottesville, and across Virginia.
