Mitchell Wiener, Assistant Principal, Dies Of Swine Flu In Queens, NY

Mitchell Wiener, 55, an assistant principal at IS 238 in Queens, first got sick more than a week ago, but didn’t go to the hospital until Wednesday morning.

“We were treating him very aggressively. Unfortunately, he did expire at 6:17 p.m. this evening,” Flushing Hospital spokesman Ole Pedersen, told the New York Post. “He was in critical condition. His family was saying that he had not, in fact, deteriorated, which was true, but he was still extremely critical.”

Wiener’s wife, Bonnie Wiener, ripped officials who she accused of waiting too long to close schools, according to The Post.
The city “lulled us into a false sense of security,” she told the newspaper.

Their son Adam Wiener had disputed reports that his 55-year-old father had been suffering from pre-existing medical conditions before he was diagnosed with swine flu.

“The only pre-existing condition he has is gout, which is unrelated to complications he’s experienced now,” the son said.