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2021 special edition
January 13, 2021
The Multnomah County Health Department notified residents of
Rosemont Court, an affordable senior housing property at 597
N. Dekum St., of concerns about the water system after multiple
people become ill with Legionnaires’ Disease.
Water Contaminated
at Senior Housing Site
Legionnaires’ Disease relocates residents
The Multnomah County Health
Department last week urged resi-
dents of an affordable senior hous-
ing property in north Portland to
leave their apartments after mul-
tiple people became ill with Le-
gionnaires’ Disease. Four people
have been hospitalized and one
person has died, officials said.
The Health Department notified
more than 100 residents at Rose-
mont Court, a historical property
turned into apartments at 597 N.
Dekum St, of concerns about the
water system after multiple people
became ill with pneumonia.
The Health Department said
it is working with Northwest
Housing Alternatives which owns
Rosemont Court to temporarily re-
locate residents and ensure proper
cleaning of the building plumbing
system to remove any remaining
Legionella bacteria.The bacteria
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