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* This is the first time in about a year that we’ve heard anything out of the grand jury, which was taken over by Attorney General Lisa Madigan last year…
The criminal investigation into more than a dozen Legionnaires’ disease deaths at the state-run Quincy veterans’ home appears to be focusing, in part, on the errant release of stagnant water into the facility’s hot-water system, new records show.
A criminal grand jury in downstate Adams County, where Quincy is located, issued a subpoena in late August to the Illinois Department of Public Health. It asked for a series of documents pertaining to the mistaken discharge of what a former state public health official characterized as a “broth of Legionella” – a mistake that may have caused the first deadly Legionnaires’ outbreak in 2015.
The document, which the state agency provided WBEZ on Thursday in response to an open-records request, also sought information about the state’s delay in installing special faucet filters first recommended in 2015 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
posted by Rich Miller
Friday, Sep 27, 19 @ 9:39 am
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From the link above;
===State records showed Rauner’s administration knew the Quincy veterans’ home had bungled a water system repair in violation of state health codes just before the initial 2015 outbreak. But the state’s top health official chose not to cite the facility for the mistake.===
Here’s the meat and potatoes of the investigation, like all investigations similar.
Who knew, and when did they know it.
The timeline which will now include the “who” with the “when” will be a significant road map.
Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, Sep 27, 19 @ 10:17 am
===State records showed Rauner’s administration knew the Quincy veterans’ home had bungled a water system repair in violation of state health codes just before the initial 2015 outbreak. But the state’s top health official chose not to cite the facility for the mistake.===
And instead of alerting people to the problem, they considered blaming Tammy Duckworth for it.
Gone but not forgotten (and good riddance).
Comment by 47th Ward Friday, Sep 27, 19 @ 11:24 am
==And instead of alerting people to the problem, they considered blaming Tammy Duckworth for it==
There’s no “they.” It was an e-mail one person sent that never led to anything. But don’t let the truth get in the way of that agenda.
Comment by Chris Widger Friday, Sep 27, 19 @ 12:49 pm
===There’s no “they.”===
Did I miss the Rauner Administration say;
“Ms. Senger is wrong. Sen. Duckworth is not to blame”?
Hmm.
At least you’re saying Ms. Senger was wholly wrong.
Comment by Oswego Willy Friday, Sep 27, 19 @ 12:55 pm
Lol. The truth? And next you’ll tell me Senger was a junior staffer and Rauner never even met her.
The truth. Good one.
Comment by 47th Ward Friday, Sep 27, 19 @ 1:07 pm