We've been hearing a lot on the news these days about the black mold in "Building 18" at Walter Reed in Washington, D.C. Recently someone brought to my attention a serious outbreak of this stuff in a certain Alabama Hospital. Stachybotrys fungi(black mold) has been linked to respiratory problems particularly in children.
Recently, it was brought to my attention that a certain hospital in Alabama had an outbreak of black mold in a critical area of its facilities. Alabama Confidential has never learned if this issue was resolved. If the person who sent me this information confidentially, reads this, could you please give a report and update us?
According to my source, this outbreak was pretty serious and there was an effort in the hospital to keep the information out of the local newspaper. I can see their concern, but was the matter ever resolved?
None of us should go to a hospital and return home sicker than we left. Black mold and other environmental hazards in hospitals can certainly aggravate our health condition. If you are prone to pneumonia - you shouldn't be around these spore which invisibly float through the air into your respiratory system.
In small communities where everyone knows each other, if you know someone who's "inside" your local hospital, you might want to ask them if there are conditions in that hospital the public should know about.
If your information is solid, I'll publish the details here at Alabama Confidential.
If you are a veteran and go to an Alabama VA facility, let Alabama Confidential know what you are finding there. Give us a report card!
