Legionnaires disease kills Melbourne man
HEALTH authorities are cleaning air conditioning cooling towers in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray after an outbreak of legionnaires’ disease claimed a man’s life.
The man, aged in his 50s, died today at the Western Hospital.
There are another four known cases of the flu-like illness, with a 75-year-old woman remaining in Sunshine Hospital.
Two men, aged 56 and 69, and a 93-year-old woman have already been released after treatment at Western Hospital.