Vets’ Home Legionnaires’ Outbreaks Spur New Disease Notification Law
The new law would require state veterans’ homes to notify residents and their families within 24 hours of an infectious disease outbreak.
The new law would require state veterans’ homes to notify residents and their families within 24 hours of an infectious disease outbreak.
A new lawsuit claims a hospital botched tests that would have sooner detected Legionnaires’ disease in fatal Quincy veterans’ home case.
“They tried to sweep under the carpet an existing problem,” said the son of a Korean War vet who died at the downstate home.
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The governor blamed the deadly outbreaks on the weather, but experts say there is no proof.
The Air Force vet was a guest at Rauner’s State of the State speech. He later got Legionnaires’ and died after a series of health issues.
The ex-Madigan aide is in line for a $125,000 pension despite being fired over harassment and bullying allegations.
Gov. Bruce Rauner is being asked to sign eight bills spurred by WBEZ’s reporting into Legionnaires’ disease at a state veterans’ home.
Blagojevich goes from “you’re fired” to maybe “you’re commuted,” Rauner’s OK with the budget, and another harassment claim in Springfield.
Nothing works like a deadline: Lawmakers forwarded a state budget, the Equal Rights Amendment and money to fix the Quincy veterans’ home.