Spa Castle also failed to notify the health department within 24 hours of Ma's death. According to, the site lacked proper disinfectant and the pools were overpopulated. The medical examiner said he died of a heart attack, but visitors including the woman who found him were concerned it was a patron and not a staff member who found him.Ī health inspection of the Queens Spa Castle found the popular bathhouse was dirty and unsafe. The elderly man who died at the Queens facility recently, named Hock Ma, was discovered submerged in a hot tub. Spa Castle is in the process of applying for the necessary permit but Premier 57’s pools, hot tubs, saunas and steamrooms will be closed until it is granted, according to the health department.
“We will advise on a reopening date as it becomes available.” “Spa Castle Premier 57 is currently reconciling a permitting issue and the spa is temporarily closed,” said CEO Steve Chon, according to NBC New York. This failure to comply with basic measures resulted in the closure of the 39,000sq ft (3,623sq m) spa, which only opened in December. It found the facility lacked a permit and an approved safety plan – both of which are required for all bathing establishments in New York City. Spa Castle Premier 57 in Manhattan has been closed by the city health department following an investigation into an 84-year-old man’s death in a hot tub at another Spa Castle facility in Queens.Īfter the death of an elderly man at the facility in Queens, the health department decided to investigate the newly opened spa in Manhattan.
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