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More Nursing Home Deaths Blamed On Legionnaires' Disease

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published July 26, 2013 at 8:16 AM EDT

The death toll from a Legionnaires' Disease outbreak at a Reynoldsburg nursing home is rising. Wesley Ridge Retirement Community officials say four people have now died out of 35 cases of the illness. The bacteria was found in Wesley Ridge's water system, and the facility has taken precautions to stop it from spreading.
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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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