The Atlanta VA Medical Center cleared a floor of patients after a Georgia veteran who died there this week tested positive for Legionella, the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease.
Channel 2 consumer investigator Justin Gray broke this story Friday, obtaining an email sent out all staff Thursday night alerting them to this veteran’s death and the steps they are taking to try to avoid an outbreak.
In the alert to staff, leadership at the Atlanta VA medical center said an immunocompromised inpatient veteran suffering from pneumonia was “unable to combat the infection. Testing revealed the veteran was positive for Legionella.”…