Bronx Rat Health Concerns

AND THIS MORNING RESIDENTS HERE
ARE DEMANDING TO KNOW WHAT THE
CITY IS GOING TO DO ABOUT IT.
Reporter: THE BACTERIAL
INFECTION CONTRACTED THROUGH
CONTACT WITH RAT URINE CLAIMING
THE LIFE OF ONE PERSON, LEAVING
TWO OTHERS ILL, INCLUDING THIS
43-YEAR-OLD MAN.
ALL THREE OF THE VICTIMS LIVING
WITHIN A ONE BLOCK RADIUS.
THE BRONX RESIDENT TELLING US
IN SPANISH HE IS FEELING BETTER
BUT STILL RECOVERING WITH
ANTIBIOTICS.
RESIDENTS LIKE FLORENCE HOWARD
SAY THE INFESTATION IN THEIR
BUILDING AND NEIGHBORHOOD HAS
BEEN A PROBLEM FOR YEARS.
MY APARTMENT IS VERY CLEAN,
BUT IT JUST DOESN'T MATTER.
THERE IS LIKE HOLES AND THEY
FIND THEIR WAY IN.
Reporter: REPRESENTATIVES
FROM THE CITY'S HEALTH
DEPARTMENT STATIONED IN THE
LOBBY OF 750 GRAND CONCOURSE
LAST NIGHT, WHERE THEY HANDED
OUT THESE NOTICES TO TENANTS,
WARNING THEM OF THE CLUSTER OF
CASES.
HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THERE ARE
TYPICALLY 1, 2, 3 CASES OF THE
ILLNESS IN NEW YORK CITY EACH
YEAR.
THE BACTERIA ENTERS THE SKIN
THROUGH OPEN CUTS AND WOUNDS OR
THROUGH CONTACT WITH THE EYES,
NOSE AND MOUTH.
OTHERS MAY GET SICK WITH THE
FEVER, HEADACHES, CHILLS,
MUSCLE ACHES, VOMITING OR DIE
RE AEXPERTS SAY IN RARE CASES
PATIENTS MAY DEVELOP LIFE
THREATENING REACTIONS THAT CAN
AFFECT THE KIDNEYS OR LIVER.
EVERYTHING I WASH I HAVE TO
USE BLEACH.
Reporter: RESIDENTS IN THIS
BUILDING POINT TO THE MANY
WALLS AND DOORS.
THERE IS A LACK OF CONCERN
ABOUT THE BUILDING.
A LACK OF CONCERN WITH THE
SUPER AND THE LANDLORD.
Reporter: I KNOW WE SHOULD
MENTION THAT THE CITY'S PUBLIC
ADVOCATE PREVIOUSLY NAMED THIS
AS THE WORST IN THE CITY.
THIS HAS BEEN CITED FOR
MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS.

Bronx Rat Health Concerns

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