Edinburgh 'Legionnaires' disease cases rise further

[dunkace]

[QUOTE]Health officials have said the number of confirmed and suspected cases of Legionnaires' disease in Edinburgh has risen to 40.
Of these, one person has died, 12 remain in intensive care and two others have been discharged from hospital.

NHS Lothian has said it could take until the weekend before the extent of the outbreak is known.
Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said the suspected source was environmental contamination.

She said early indications suggested the outbreak was the result of a contaminated cloud being emitted from a cooling tower in the south west of the city.
Officials are now liaising with the Met Office to analyse the impact of temperature and wind speed on plumes from the towers.

So far in the outbreak there have been a total of 21 confirmed and 19 suspected cases.
Dr Duncan McCormick, chair of NHS Lothian's incident management team, said the majority of those affected were men aged between their mid-30s and late-80s.

He said two patients that had been "seriously unwell" had now been discharged, which was "really encouraging" and that the "treatment was working very well".
Although the number of suspected cases has risen, he said the numbers in intensive care had decreased.

Ms Sturgeon described the outbreak as a "significant event" for NHS Lothian and said the government had activated their emergency plan.
She said they expected to see a decline in the number of cases in the next five to six days as sixteen cooling towers in the city had been treated with chemicals to kill the bacteria.

However, Dr McCormick said, although they were "confident" they had identified the source, because of its incubation period, more cases of Legionnaires' disease were expected.
The Scottish government said they would be issuing information leaflets in the affected area of Edinburgh.[/QUOTE]

[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-18337813[/url]

[Papa Gator]

i hope this disease will share the same fate Small Pox has.

[Daniel Smith]

[QUOTE=SonicHitman;36223927]i hope this disease will share the same fate Small Pox has.[/QUOTE]

You mean kill millions of people?

[Zambies!]

This is bizarre as help to me, regarding it disappearing and reappearing.

[gamefreek76]

Pretty cool name for a disease.

[ewitwins]

[QUOTE=Daniel Smith;36227061]You mean kill millions of people?[/QUOTE]

I'm thinking he means that part [B][I]after[/I][/B] the deaths of millions of people.

[Papa Gator]

[QUOTE=Daniel Smith;36227061]You mean kill millions of people?[/QUOTE]

most of Small Pox being eradicated, and the remains in governmental places around the world for research and such

[Pocket Medic]

Pretty sure the single mentioned death from this disease was someone who was already in poor condition, so there's not an awful lot to worry about with this.