FLORIDA: Hotel not telling customers about Legionnaires’ outbreak investigation - (wftv)
March 17, 2008 – 7:18 pmhttp://www.wftv.com/news/15622899/detail.html
Eyewitness News found out Monday that the Orange County hotel at the center of a possible Legionnaires’ outbreak is not telling customers about the potential risk. Two former guests at the Quality Inn and Suites recently came down with the disease and Eyewitness News has discovered there could be at least two more victims.
Eyewitness News sent a crew in undercover to see what guests are being told about the hotel currently being tested for Legionnaires’ disease. A TV crew rented a room to find out if they would disclose the investigation. They did, but only when asked.
Three days after voluntarily closing, Eyewitness News sent a crew inside to find out what’s being said to those arriving for vacation stays. The disclosure, while not legally required, was vague and only happened when the crew said they’d heard of some trouble.
On Friday, guests were asked to leave after two Canadian guests were […]
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