Vancouver heart-transplant patient to sue over Legionnaires’ disease
A 32-year-old Vancouver woman who struggled with heart failure for more than a decade received a lifesaving transplant this summer — only to contract Legionnaires’ disease during a deadly outbreak at the University of Washington Medical Center.
Victoria Martin planned to file a claim Tuesday notifying UW Medicine that she intends to sue the hospital for failing to prevent the infection that also has sickened four other people, including two who died.
“You shouldn’t go to the hospital and be doing well and be knocked down by something that shouldn’t have happened,” said Martin, whose chest scar is still fresh from her Aug. 8 heart transplant. “This whole thing is just insane.”
The claim being filed by Martin’s attorneys gives UW Medicine 60 days to respond.
Read more: http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/sep/28/vancouver-heart-transplant-patient-to-sue-over-legionnaires-disease/