The Walkerton calamity, an E.coli outbreak that consequentially led to seven deaths and 2,300 folks sick, was unprecedented in Canada. The medical officer of health for Grey Bruce was told that quite a few individuals in the Walkerton area had developed serious illness. E.coli was validated and the medical officer guessed dirty water as a source of the difficulty. However, the public utilities commission had promised him that the water was good.
Still he had a bad feeling that Walkerton was the verge of a very serious outbreak. He wondered what his subsequent step must be in the complex scenario he faced; he didn't have much data to act on.
We Have a Terrible Tragedy Here (A) Case Study Solution
PUBLICATION DATE: September 28, 2009 PRODUCT #: 905C22-HCB-ENG
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