Holiday Compensation Claim – E coli can cause Severe Food Poisoning if Untreated
E coli Facts - Did this potential killer bacteria cause you a holiday illness nightmare?
E-coli food poisoning is often caused by eating or drinking contaminated food
or water, or both. Many holidays have been left in ruins as this is
one of the most common causes of holiday illness and travellers' diarrhoea.
People returning from developing holiday destinations such as Egypt – Turkey
- Mexico - Cape Verde and the Dominican Republic regularly
report severe cases of holiday food poisoning caused by the bug E coli. This holiday sickness
is often the result of:
- Consuming infected cooked meat products
- Eating undercooked beef burgers, raw milk and cheese
- Person to person spread particularly by infected food handlers, and
- The consumption of human sewage and unchlorinated water
How to Claim Holiday Compensation for your E Coli Illness?
Take legal advice from a solicitors' firm who specialise in holiday illness compensation
claims. Complaining to your tour operator directly will inevitably lead to further
frustration and delay and they will attempt to under settle your claim by offering
vouchers or ex-gratia payments at a fraction of your claim's true value.
If you have suffered from a debilitating bout of E coli whilst on holiday your tour
operator is likely to state that the illness was contracted in a variety of ways
except, that is, from the food served at your hotel. Simpson Millar LLP is a solicitors’
practice that will help you fight for the holiday compensation that you deserve.
Give our E coli Holiday Illness Claims Solicitors a call today if you suffered food
poisoning whilst on a package holiday abroad.
Call now on 0808 129 3347 or complete our no-obligation
online enquiry form
NB: Don't forget to quote "cut out the middleman"
if you are interested in our £250 bonus offer
Tour Operators Avoid Paying E-Coli Holiday Compensation Claims by Saying:
"In the vast majority of cases, it is difficult to state exactly the origin of an
illness. Having liaised with our resort office, I understand that our representative
staff did not receive reports of any other guests within the [hotel] experiencing
gastric illness, throughout the duration of your holiday. Had your illness been
caused as a result of the food consumed within the [hotel], it is fair to say that
we would have received a much larger number of reports of such illness, from other
hotel guests."
"At Thomson we take the Health and Safety of our customers extremely seriously and we monitor the operations of all the hotels we feature in our programme. We regularly perform food hygiene audits of each hotel and having examined the audits relevant to the period of your stay, I can confirm that the hotel was operating to more than satisfactory standards and I will not be making a compensation payment here."
If you ingested E coli on holiday and are aware of other people being sick due to gastric
illness then exchange names and telephone numbers, and ensure that your illness
is reported and logged by your holiday representative. Insist on documentary evidence
that you reported your illness from your holiday representative.
E Coli Food Poisoning Information for Holiday makers
The disease: Most E coli are harmless but a few types can cause severe and debilitating
gastric illness. Its full name is Escherichia coli and it is a bacterium which has
always lived in the gut of most warm blooded animals, including humans.
It should be noted that E coli 0157 produces 2 poisons or dangerous toxins in
the human gut which are similar to those made by dysentery bacteria - the toxin
poisons the kidneys, causing them to fail.
Symptoms include: Diarrhoea, often with blood in the faeces, severe stomach cramps,
vomiting – and in some cases even death. A severe attack can lead to long term problems
with kidneys and blood pressure.
Usual incubation period: The infection is usually apparent within 3-8 days of consuming
the E coli bug from contaminated food.
Duration of holiday illness: Several days or weeks – the very young, the old and
those who are already ill are particularly at risk.
Prevention: Infection by E coli can be avoided by ensuring hotels have high standards
of hygiene. Food handlers should be educated on the importance of scrupulous hand
washing before preparing food, separation of surfaces, and utensils. Persons handling
raw and cooked food will help to reduce the risk infection and thorough cooking
will kill E coli 0157.
Tour operator’s holiday representatives who claim that travellers have simply picked
up an airborne virus in the absence of a formal medical diagnosis could be subjecting
their customers to long term health problems if E coli 0157 is involved
Holiday makers can reduce the risk of infection themselves by washing their hands after
using the toilet – underneath your fingernails is a great breeding ground for E coli.
E coli 0157 can also be passed directly from live animals so take special care to
avoid stray dogs and cats when abroad, and ensure children wash their hands thoroughly
after stoking animals at zoos or farms.
E Coli Holiday Claim - Hotel Watch
E Coli on Holiday?
Simpson Millar Solicitors monitor hotels for reports of poor hygiene practice and
outbreaks of food poisoning on holiday. The majority of instances of e coli food
poisoning are contracted from the following holiday destinations visited by UK holiday makers. If you suffer from E coli food poisoning at any of the hotels listed below:
Visit a doctor and call one of our holiday illness claims managers today.
E-coli Holiday Sickness Compensation Enquiry
Holiday makers who have been affected by illness on holiday can call us today on
Freephone 0808 145 1353 for free advice. Our specialist Holiday
Claims Team will take on most cases on a 'no win no fee' basis.
If you quote "cut out the middleman" you will get a £250 bonus if we agree to pursue
your E coli Holiday Claim.
Useful Links
Print
Disclaimer: No information on this website shall be construed as
legal advice and information is offered for information purposes only. You should
always seek advice from an appropriately qualified solicitor on any specific legal
enquiry. Calls to or from our legal helpline may be recorded for training and monitoring
purposes.
External links are provided for your convenience, but they are beyond the control
of Simpson Millar LLP Solicitors and no representation is made as to their content.
Use or reliance on any external links and the content thereon provided is at your
own risk. Full terms of use...