As it stated in kiro7
Woman files claim against UW Medicine after contracting Legionnaires' disease
Woman files claim against UW Medicine after contracting Legionnaires' disease
by: Deborah Horne Updated: Sep 27, 2016 - 7:27 PMFor 32-year-old Victoria Martin, just walking into a room with her lawyer to do a television interview with me is a major accomplishment.A month and a half ago, Martin was lying in a bed at the University of Washington Medical Center, recovering from a heart transplant.What she didn't know then was she was also sick from the legionella bacteria."All I knew was that it was like some pneumonia," Martin said.
by the same token on seattletimes
'This was preventable:' Heart-transplant patient to sue UWMC over Legionnaires' disease
'This was preventable:' Heart-transplant patient to sue UWMC over Legionnaires' disease
A 32-year-old woman from Washington state had a lifesaving heart transplant — only to contract Legionnaires' disease.A 32-year-old Vancouver, Wash., woman who struggled with heart failure for more than a decade received a lifesaving transplant this summer — only to contract Legionnaires' disease during a deadly outbreak at the University of Washington Medical Center (UWMC).Victoria Martin planned to file a claim Tuesday notifying UW Medicine that she intends to sue the hospital for failing to prevent the infection that also has sickened four other people, including two who died."You shouldn't go to the hospital and be doing well and be knocked down by something that shouldn't have happened," said Martin, whose chest scar is still fresh from her Aug. 8 heart transplant.
coupled with fox13memphis
SCHD: more than 6,000 people possibly exposed to Legionnaires' disease
SCHD: more than 6,000 people possibly exposed to Legionnaires' disease
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