Hot tub users are being made aware of the dangers and health risks associated with hot tubs after a man spent six days a in a coma after picking up a mystery bug. Water treatment specialists Hydrochem were asked to carry out water tests on the hot tub after the man was taken ill. Now […]
legionnaires disease
More than Ā£200,000 has been awarded to families following a fatal outbreak of Legionnairesā disease. Victims Richard Griffin, William Hammersley and Harry Cadman died after contracting the deadly bug caused by a hot tub on display at the JTF Warehouse in Stoke-on-Trent. The outbreak struck more than 20 people in the summer of 2012. Inquests […]
The grieving families of three men killed by an outbreak of Legionnairesā disease at a British discount store are taking their fight for compensation to court. Victims Richard Griffin, William Hammersley and Harry Cadman died after contracting the deadly bug caused by a hot tub on display at the JTF Warehouse in Stoke-on-Trent. The outbreak […]
Rules on displaying hot tubs in shops and public places should be reviewed, according to a Health Protection Agency (HPA) report into a fatal outbreak of Legionnairesā disease.
An outbreak of Legionnairesā disease, linked to a display hot tub in Stoke-on-Trent, has resulted in 21 cases including two deaths, the Health Protection Agency has confirmed. One of the two victims was named as 64-year-old Richard Griffin, a delivery driver who supplied meats to the JTF Warehouse in Fenton, a discount superstore that is being blamed as the source.
