their lives, but officials say five of them could have recovered with proper care, and that includes amy s mom. so a lawyer for dr. husel said his client tried to provide comfort. this is how they re seeing it. comfort to those who were dying, not euthanizing them. state health inspectors say he used this override function to bypass the hospital s pharmacy, gain access to large doses of fentanyl and other drugs. so, jerry, does mt. carmel health system, are they liable here? oh, there s no question this could not have been done and was not done by dr. husel himself. it involved pharmacists who had to approve the medication order requests by dr. husel that were clearly excessive and would have been red flagged. dr. husel would have had to declare an emergency override to get the pharmacist to approve the drug administration and then they re released to nurses who are administering these clearly
deadly outbreak of legionniares disease. get this, authorities say more than 100 people in the south bronx have been diagnosed with legionnaires and ten of them so far have died. brian brian yinnis is live at lincoln medical center. hi, brian. reporter: hi, leland. these water cooling towers were seen as the source of the outbreak initially. and now a month into the largest legionnaires disease in history. there s an effort to prevent further outbreak and calm nerves. governor cuomo is deploying 150 trained state health inspectors to test at least 100 water cooling towers in the bronx. water cooling towers are used really in air-conditioning and really for heating systems.
trained state health inspectors to test at least 100 water cooling towers today. officials are taking samples and testing for the bacteria. the cdc says as many as 18,000 people are infected with legionnaire s every year and over 500 a year in new york. but it s rare that so many in one community have contracted it here. the city will vote on new legislation wednesday which would more strictly regulate water cooling towers atop city buildings. the fact is we re going to be handling things very differently in the future because thisout break is a wake-up call. it now tells us we re doling with a new challenge and we ll have to deal with it very forcefully and very different ways. i assure you that all of those changes, all of those precautions, all of those measures will be put in place in this city very aggressive complete very quickly. reporter: the city has ordered all buildings in new
for comment, but we have not yet received a response on this holiday weekend. patients of an oral surgeon in oklahoma lining up for hours for free hiv and hepatitis tests. their nightmare began after state health inspectors discovered filthy conditions at the office of dr. scott harrington. rusty equipment, unsterilized needles and expired drugs. 7,000 of harrington s patients have now been told they are at risk and should get tested. my initial reaction was i know that name. oh, no, that s why i know that name. the chances are so remote of contracting anything. it s it s more precaution, and i think they are smart to take the precaution. i got real scared. i just couldn t believe it.
stomping her foot. cnn has attempted to contact the woman, and the school district for comment, but we have not yet received a response on this holiday weekend. patients of an oral surgeon in oklahoma lining up for hours for free hiv and hepatitis tests. their nightmare began after state health inspectors discovered filthy conditions at the office of dr. scott harrington. rusty equipment, unsterilized needles and expired drugs. 7,000 of harrington s patients have now been told they are at risk and should get tested. my initial reaction was i know that name. oh, no, that s why i know that name. the chances are so remote of contracting anything. it s it s more precaution, and i think they are smart to take the precaution. i got real scared. i just couldn t believe it. i said why me? there s going to be some issues with some of us. all of us, cannot, you know, be okay, and i just hope i m one of