Food poisoning suspected
at kids’ summer program
Food poisoning
suspected at kids’ summer program Source of
Article: http://adirondackdailyenterprise.com/page/content.detail/id/507494.html?nav=5008 By MIKE LYNCH, Enterprise Staff Writer POSTED: July 10, 2009 Nine children
attending Camp Holy Child School in Lake Placid were taken to the hospital
Thursday evening after coming down with what is to believed to be food
poisoning. Paul Reiss,
director of the nonprofit Julian Reiss Foundation which sponsors the program,
said food was the likely the cause for the children becoming ill. "We
assume it was some food must have done it, but we haven't been able to
pinpoint it," Reiss said. At about noon
Thursday, the children had a lunch consisting of salad and chicken. About
four hours later, children started complaining of nausea, headaches and
tiredness. Reiss said all the children were doing well and were back from the
hospital by 10 p.m. The Lake
Placid Volunteer Ambulance squad reported evaluating a total of 12 children
over the course of the afternoon. They reported transporting nine children to
the Adirondack Medical Center in Lake Placid. The state Department of Health,
which is investigating the incident, reported 16 children overall became
sick. Two
ambulances from the Saranac Lake Volunteer Fire Department and one from the
Keene Volunteer Fire Department assisted the Lake Placid squad in responding
to the calls. Fifty-seven
children attend the summer school, and all ate the same meal, Reiss said. |
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