According to the health Department, one person died and six others were hospitalized after Contracting the so-called «Legionnaires ‘ disease» for the last 11 days in Lenox hill.
The patient who died was around 90 years old and he had a number of chronic diseases, therefore, the «Legionnaires ‘ disease» could act as a catalyst in this case. But doctors can rule her out as the main causes of death in the background of a weakened immune system. Four patients are undergoing treatment currently, and two have already been discharged.
Since all patients lived in the same district, the health Department checks the water quality within a radius of 0.3 miles from the site that acted as a source of infection in Lenox hill.
Earlier, a similar disease was diagnosed in 23 police precinct (Harlem).
«Legionnaires ‘ disease» is not contagious and is treatable with standard antibiotics used in the treatment of pneumonia. Symptoms include fever, cough, chills, muscle pain, headache, fatigue, loss of appetite, confusion and diarrhea.
In accordance with the report of the Department of health for the year 2016 in new York was recorded 200-400 cases the diagnosis «illness of legionaries».
