A Pleasant Hill nursing home is using tap water again after a contamination led to a case of Legionnaires’ disease.Bottled water is still on site at Parkridge as they slowly start to use the tap water.Heather Ryan, of Bondurant, says she checked her mother, Mary Ryan, into Parkridge Specialty Care on Dec. 7.Shortly after, Ryan says she received a message.”The same day, we received a call from Parkridge saying there was a water emergency, but I had just visited my mom earlier that morning and knew she had been drinking the water,” she said. Ryan says her mother had a massive stroke the next day and died. While she says doctors told her her mother’s death was unrelated to the contamination, Ryan says the timing of it all, has left her wondering.”On the sink in her restroom, there was a note to not use the restroom water, but by then, it was too late. By then, my mom had already drank the water,” Ryan said.In a statement sent to KCCI, Parkridge’s parent company, Care Initiatives, says there has only been one confirmed case of Legionnaire’s — a rare bacteria which “can become a health concern when they grow and spread in human-made building water systems” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As they gradually start using tap water again, Care Initiatives says they’re still not sure what caused the contamination. They say bottled water will continue to be available for drinking and hygiene, until the state health department clears them to resume normal water usage.KCCI reached out to the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services and the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals on Friday, but have not heard back.
A Pleasant Hill nursing home is using tap water again after a contamination led to a case of Legionnaires’ disease.
Bottled water is still on site at Parkridge as they slowly start to use the tap water.
Heather Ryan, of Bondurant, says she checked her mother, Mary Ryan, into Parkridge Specialty Care on Dec. 7.
Shortly after, Ryan says she received a message.
“The same day, we received a call from Parkridge saying there was a water emergency, but I had just visited my mom earlier that morning and knew she had been drinking the water,” she said.
Ryan says her mother had a massive stroke the next day and died.
While she says doctors told her her mother’s death was unrelated to the contamination, Ryan says the timing of it all, has left her wondering.
“On the sink in her restroom, there was a note to not use the restroom water, but by then, it was too late. By then, my mom had already drank the water,” Ryan said.
In a statement sent to KCCI, Parkridge’s parent company, Care Initiatives, says there has only been one confirmed case of Legionnaire’s — a rare bacteria which “can become a health concern when they grow and spread in human-made building water systems” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
As they gradually start using tap water again, Care Initiatives says they’re still not sure what caused the contamination. They say bottled water will continue to be available for drinking and hygiene, until the state health department clears them to resume normal water usage.
KCCI reached out to the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services and the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals on Friday, but have not heard back.
Source link
credite