Holiday food poisoning is no joke and not only can it ruin your trip, but it can also leave you out of pocket and facing expensive medical bills. If you are staying in a hotel which is part of a package tour and you suspect your illness is linked to poor standards of hygiene at the resort, you can make a claim with a regulated personal injury solicitor when you return to the UK.
Never eat food in a holiday hotel which is undercooked, particularly chicken or pork and, if you are staying in an all-inclusive hotel, ensure that food is cooked fresh, kept covered and at the correct temperatures. Salads should be kept on ice when served and hot food should always be piping hot.
Holiday barbecues can also cause food poisoning if meats such as chicken and burgers are not cooked thoroughly.
If you are worried about the standards of hygiene at your holiday hotel, you should complain to the hotel management and the holiday tour rep. If you make a written complaint keep a copy of anything you sign which will help you claim compensation when you return to the UK. If other holiday makers have been taken ill with similar symptoms to yours, take their contact details which, again, could prove useful if you plan to take action against the tour operator.
All tour operators have a responsibility not to expose holidaymakers to Salmonella food poisoning or E-coli in Egypt, Turkey, Tunisia, the Dominican Republic, Spain or at any destination throughout the world and if you have suffered illness because of the negligence of the tour operator or the hotel then you are well within your rights to make a claim.
Whether you have suffered mild symptoms of holiday illness or serious vomiting and diarrhea, you should seek urgent medical help as Salmonella and E-coli can cause serious illness if they go untreated. Dehydration is one of the biggest dangers of food poisoning and, if you lose more fluids than you can replace, you may need hospital treatment and an intravenous drip to rehydrate you.
Children, pregnant women, older people and people with weakened immune systems are more likely to suffer serious effects of Salmonella, E-coli and other food poisoning. You should make sure you are seen by a doctor as soon as possible. It is also worth a check up with your GP on return to the UK to make sure you are no longer carrying the illness, even if you no longer have symptoms.
Food handlers in particular are at risk of passing on Salmonella to clients and colleagues if they are not clear of the disease before they return to work.
Contact a regulated personal injury solicitor with experience of dealing with holiday illness compensation claims and one who works on a no win, no fee basis to help you claim the compensation you deserve.
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