Experts: Don?t drink hospital water

Published May 10, 2007 4:00am ET



What you don?t know about your hospital?s water supply could kill you. Maryland health officials put guidelines in place for Legionella testing in hospital water supplies six years ago, but there is no enforcement component, and the state does not know who is complying, health officials told The Examiner on Wednesday.

Maryland General Hospital in Baltimore identified a colony of the bacteria in its water supply in March and notified patients.

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