Second Hospital Finds Legionella Bacteria
WNYC News | Jul 12, 2010
New York, NY —
Just a week after a Manhattan hospital was blamed for the death of a patient from Legionnaires' disease, another hospital says that it may have found the bacteria as well.
Harlem Hospital Center officials says traces of legionella bacteria was found on a sink and a shower head at its building on West 136th Street. But the hospital says no cases of the disease was found in patients.
Officials at the hospital say they are superheating their water supply and taking additional steps to kill the bacteria.



