Posted by jimbo on 11/1/2003, 7:53 pm Edward Lomax was being treated at the new Edinburgh Royal Infirmary over the past month, but died on Wednesday. The 52-year-old, of the citys Biggar Road, is believed to have contracted the disease while holidaying with his wife in Greece. He is also understood to have been suffering from existing heart problems after a heart attack three years ago. Mr Lomaxs family were too distraught to talk about his death today. Sufferers face lengthy spells in hospital and the disease, which attacks the lungs as severe pneumonia, can often prove fatal. Legionnaires Disease is picked up by breathing in water droplets or particles contaminated with the bacteria. The disease, which thrives in water, kills up to 15 per cent of sufferers, but the elderly or hospital patients with weak immune systems are most at risk. It has killed 67 people in Britain in the past five years. Professor David Goldberg, a consultant at the Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health, said: " If a person is believed to have contracted the infection abroad, it is very important that the national centre is informed so we can then inform the European centre."
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Legionnaires' Disease kills Capital man
AN Edinburgh man has died from Legionnaires Disease after a holiday abroad.
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