Legionnaires' disease, Harlem
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Two construction workers who claim they contracted Legionnaires' disease while working at or near Harlem Hospital Center are suing contractors they allege failed to safeguard water cooling towers at the building against contamination by the bacteria that causes the illness.
A fifth person has succumbed to a deadly vapor that has crept up on New York City. Legionnaires’ disease, a kind of pneumonia that spreads from toxic water vapor, has also infected 108 people since the outbreak began at the end of July, according to the New York City Health Department on Monday.
A law firm filed a lawsuit Aug. 20 against a New York City hospital’s construction company, alleging the company failed to treat bacteria-infected water in its cooling towers, leading to a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak.
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