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Article: Salmonella poisoned hotel families, says city law firm
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- Evening Mail
- Article date:
- August 25, 2007
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SALMONELLA has been confirmed as the bug which left hundreds of
Midland holidaymakers sick in the Dominican Republic.
More than 1,500 people were struck down with the infection after
they stayed at the Bahia Principe Hotel, San Juan, in April 2007.
Law firm Irwin and Mitchell, which is representing the families
involved, also revealed that giardia, shigella, and campylobacter
germs were present at the hotel.
"The results of laboratory tests on a growing number of our
clients support the views that British holidaymakers have contracted
illness at the Bahia ...