Flint is dealing with lead-contaminated water after state regulators wrongly said anti-corrosion treatments were not needed. Residents now are using faucet filters or bottled water. When people are exposed to the bacteria, it can cause legionellosis, a respiratory disease that can infect the lungs and cause pneumonia. The mist may come from air-conditioning units for large buildings, hot tubs or showers.
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We’ll have more on the Flint water task force meeting on 9&10 News at 5. A message seeking comment was left Monday for a McLaren spokeswoman.
Out of the 91 cases, 50 of them had received care at a Flint hospital that is served by the City of Flint municipal water system, said the MDHHS.
Three more cases of Legionnaires disease have been confirmed in the state – including two deaths.
The new cases were identified from a hospital’s testing data recently forwarded to the state.
As Flint deals with a lead-tainted water crisis, the overworked county health department is getting help from nursing faculty and students.
Health official say legionella is not transmitted person to person.
Some of his staff members, though, had been told about the surge and a possible connection to the river in January and March of 2015. MI auditors are probing the state health agency for its handling of the crisis.
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The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services made the announcement Monday.
