A Massachusetts mother of three and retired physical therapist died of Legionnaires’ disease after staying at a luxury New Hampshire resort, where another guest was hospitalized with the infection months later.
The two guests had booked a stay at the Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa and are believed to have come into contact with Legionella bacteria, which causes infection and can contaminate the water system, in the hotel’s hot tub, according to New Hampshire health officials.
Barbara Kruschwitz, 71, died in October just a week after staying at the resort and soaking in the hotel’s tub and pool, her husband Henry told WMUR.
He had pneumonia that he couldn’t fight.
“His heart had stopped and he couldn’t be revived,” Kruschwitz said of his wife, the mother of three sons. “And – that’s about as much as I can say.”
Barbara Kruschwitz, 71, died a week after staying at the resort in October. Handout
The Department of Health and Human Services is investigating after both cases were linked back to the resort and found small amounts of bacteria in the resort’s hot tub, it announced last week, according to Boston.com.
Henry Kruschwitz was surprised that more had not been done to prevent another infection after his wife’s death.
“It is more difficult to know, rather to understand, that now the second person has fallen ill. That is unacceptable,” Kruschwitz said. “You don’t want to see anyone else go through what I went through.”
The second guest, who has not been identified but is an older adult from Rhode Island, was staying at the resort and became ill in December.
Another guest was hospitalized after a December stay at the Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa Google Maps Health Officer found bacteria in the hot tub. Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa
“They were at the resort at different times, actually, different months and staying in different rooms,” said Dr. Benjamin Chan, state epidemiologist for the Department of Health and Human Services, to WCVB. “Both of them were older adults and both of them were hospitalized because of their infection, which often happens with Legionnaires’ disease.”
Legionnaires’ disease can infect people through inhaled water droplets. Symptoms — which begin two to 14 days after exposure — include fever, cough, shortness of breath, muscle aches, headaches and — in severe cases — pneumonia, according to the CDC.
People with weakened immune systems are more at risk of adverse effects.
The hot tub at the Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa has been taken out of service and does not pose a threat to the public, health officials said.
The health department has not found any other cases of bacterial illness linked to the resort.
Resort administrators said the hot tub was drained and closed with no plans to reopen, according to Boston.com
“It is not clear at this time, and may never be known, if the trace amounts of Legionella [in the hot tub] is from the same bacteria that led to the illness of two former guests,” the resort said in a statement to the outlet. “The indoor hot tub, when operational, is a self-contained system and trace amounts of Legionella have been isolated from the entire property.”
The Post contacted the resort for comment.
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