By TODD VENEZIA and NEIL GRAVES
October 12, 2005 -- A toddler was fighting for his life in a Manhattan hospital last night against a food-borne illness that prompted fears he was sickened by a meal at the day-care center he attended, authorities said. A probe of the Kiddie Academy on Staten Island found no evidence of an outbreak of any food-borne diseases, health officials said — leaving the question of just what sickened 22-month-old Joshua Salamanca unanswered.
The illness, hemolytic uremic syndrome, causes kidney failure and intense bleeding.
The Health Department contacted numerous parents at the center, but they found no evidence any food served at the school caused the illness.
But Joshua's mom, Melissa, said: "I think the Health Department is seriously covering up something."
**Ukraine Update**
141 Children Stay in Hospitals with Flux Diagnosis in Ukraine City (10/11/05)
LVOV, October 11 (Itar-Tass) -- As many as 141 children from about 500 children who got poisoned with kefir of poor quality in kindergartens of Netishin in the Khmelnitsk region of Ukraine continue their inpatient treatment from flux. Seven children are staying in the intensive therapy ward, eight adults who were drinking kefir of poor quality were also hospitalized,the press service of the Ukrainian Emergencies Ministry told Itar-Tass on Tuesday.
The Khmelnitsk regional prosecutor’s office instituted criminal proceedings on the massive poisoning case of children, first deputy prosecutor of the region Viktor Nalutsishin pointed out. According to him, the case was opened under Article 137 Part 1 of the Ukrainian Criminal Code for the inappropriate performance of professional and office duties on protection of life and health of children...
300 Sickened; Health Department Tracking Norovirus Doubletree Says Its Property Isn't To Blame (Nebraska - 10/10/05)
OMAHA, Neb. -- About 300 people were sickened at an Omaha hotel, according to the Douglas County Health Department, and tests show the illness was caused by norovirus....
More than 50 people were sickened during a fundraiser ball for the Midlands Community Foundation. At least 200 Air Force officers fell ill the same week after they stayed at the Doubletree. The 311th Human Systems Wing in Texas released a statement that officials are investigating an incident of possible food-borne norovirus illnesses that occurred at an Omaha hotel during the General Officers Call...
Syria Says Interior Minister, Who Ran Lebanon for Many Years, Has Committed Suicide (10/12/05)
By Albert Aji Associated Press Writer Published: Oct 12, 2005
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Syria's interior minister, who ran Lebanon for many years and was one of several top officials caught up in the U.N. probe of the slaying of that nation's former prime minister, died Wednesday. The country's official news agency said he committed suicide in his office.
The death of Brig. Gen. Ghazi Kenaan - just days before the final U.N. investigation report is due - was a new and startling sign of turmoil...
malfunction of equipment controlling the public water supply is
regarded as the most likely cause of the outbreak. -- ProMED-mail<<<<
above from TM 2496, it has 1729 now sick with Hepatitis A,
in a Russian town.
My first thought, "oh, just the same as the exploding electric transformer, in San Jose, Calif. a couple days ago".....
Your post on the sick children, gives me chills.
Does it have something to do with the people who are eating and not observing ramadan?
Making 200 Air Force ill, is not hard to figure out.
There have been threats to our children.
Food tampering is easier than Beslan, Russia school.
It was going on before 9-11, about 1999, I was picking up
news reports of all 500 people getting "food Poisoning" at
a New Jersey Company picnic. (Think it was New Jersey, not
sure on the year, about then).
There were several reports of fancy get togathers that all
got sick at, which had been catered.
One was blamed on the shrimp salad... I keep thinking of all
the stuff that I would not choose on a buffet table, and know that there is no way that 500 people all ate out of every dish.
I would not have chosen the fish dishes and would have passed on the chicken, my brother would have had both.
There are coverups going on and will continue to do so.
I am hearing more bio weapons and nuclear talk and public service announcements on the radio, the liberals are of course saying it isn't true, but a few callers will allow for the dangers coming our way.
Rarely does Legionaires or Norovirus hit a group that is not a high class group, in a resort or convention setting.
As usual I have the questions, not the answers.
http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:VafGyRti5eAJ:archives.foodsafetynetwork.ca/fsnet/1998/1-1998/fs-01-06-98-01.txt+sudden+strange+illness+at+large+meetings&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&client=googlet
This goes to a 1998 article, it talks about the kidney that suddenly stops working and several other groups of people who suddenly got ill.
I know my age is showing, but I have trouble with the thought that cow manure is deadly, have used it all my life
on gardens, as have others throughout history. and all the other manures available.
Another outbreak is in Beaumont, Tx, caused by a cook with the disease....strange to me, as it was in 3 samples of the macaroni salad, but not in the other samples.
Of course with all the illegal aliens from so many different countries, working in the cafe's, maybe it isn't hard to ecplain what the diseases are, or where they come from.
Thanks for your kind words, one day you will have an old memory bank to pull bits and pieces from........LOL