KILLER BUG OUTBREAK; Legionnaires' disease puts 3 in hospital.(News)

From: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) | Date: August 23, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: STEVE JOHNSON

THREE people with Legionnaires' disease have been rushed into a Midland hospital, it was revealed today.

The three victims of the potentially deadly disease were all admitted yesterday to Sandwell General Hospital in West Bromwich.

The news of the outbreak comes less than a month after the disease claimed four lives in ...

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