Hope it gets better before I land

Posted on July 23, 2007 by Norovirus Attorney
Some of my blog readers might know that I am off to Australia at the end of the week.  In fact, I am off to Queensland which seems to be having a bit of a norovirus problem:

Norovirus situation 'slowly improving' at Qld hospital
People suffering vomiting and diarrhea are again being urged not to visit Queensland's biggest hospital as it struggles to cope with an outbreak of norovirus.

The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital canceled all non-urgent surgery again today as dozens of doctors and nurses recover from the illness.  Doctor Judy Graves says 85 patients have also been struck down, but the situation is slowly improving.

"If people do have symptoms of diarrhea and vomiting, I would also urge them not to visit the hospital as visitors, if they have those symptoms or indeed for 48 hours after the cessation of symptoms," she said.  "If patients need to come as patients and they have those symptoms or [within the] 48 hours, we would appreciate it if they could notify the staff on their arrival."
Hopefully, I will not need medical services and the patients will not need legal ones.  "G'day, mate!"  I bet the "shrimp on the barbie" is well cooked.
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Pool Sickness Tops 100 Cases

Posted on July 19, 2007 by Norovirus Lawyer

Since the pool was closed on July 11, to date there are 123 sick children and 8 people with secondary illnesses who were never even in the water. Full Story

The Chester County Health Department told Action News it has conducted interviews with more than 100 people, and sent more than 100 samples from patients, plus pool water to the state health labs.

In addition to the children sickened, at least 14 of the 38 workers at the pool have experienced symptoms.

Early tests revealed norovirus in the water, and some stool samples from people who had been in the water.

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28 sick from contaminated West Chester Univ. pool

Posted on July 17, 2007 by Norovirus Attorney

The Chester County Health Department closed the pool on July 6 and is still investigating the cause of the norovirus outbreak. Full Story

As of July 16, 14 children and 14 adults had been affected, Walls said, adding that she expected that number to grow since the organisms are spread by hand contact.

"Now some of the parents are sick," she said.

Walls said initial tests confirmed three culprits: giardiasis, cryptosporidiosis and norovirus, all of which cause gastrointestinal illness.

One reported case came from Delaware County, Walls said, but the girl had been taking swimming lessons at West Chester University.

Walls said county officials learned through a conference call with the Centers for Disease Control that a "multi-organism event" is not an uncommon problem in a pool or lake, even though county officials had not experienced it.

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