08 августа 200710:05
149 people diagnosed with legionellosis in Verkhnyaya Pyshma
Hospitals of Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Sverdlovsk Region, are currently taking care of 149 people preliminarily diagnosed with legionellosis, head of the regional division of Rospotrebnadzor (the state consumer rights watchdog) and the region’s chief sanitary officer Boris Nikonov announced at a press conference on August 7, 2007. 93 people have already been proved to be suffering from pneumonia, and 66 people turned out to have been infected with legionella. So far, four patients have passed away and one person is critically ill. Statistically, men and people suffering from immune deficiency appear