How To Make a Food Poisoning Claim On Holiday

 

Food poisoning can really ruin a perfect holiday. The pain caused by the poisonous food is always caused by food from a restaurant, supermarket, or in a hotel, you are staying in.

It has become a common thing with the holidaymakers to encounter food poisoning while they are enjoying their holiday in a resort or a hotel, this is why it is always an important thing to sue the hotels or resort for their negligence that always causes food poisoning.

There are a number of ways that you may contract food poisoning which is by eating food from a buffet that has been in that buffet for a long time at high temperatures. This is a very risky situation and the hotel can be sued for compensation by the individuals that were poisoned by the food from that buffet. You may also contract food poisoning when the food you are served at the hotel is undercooked and also when the food preparation areas may have poor standards.

TYPES OF FOOD POISONING

There are various types of food poisoning that are common, they include salmonella and E-Coli 

SALMONELLA

Salmonella is the type of food poisoning that is caused by eating contaminated food such as milk, beef, poultry or eggs. This bacteria disease has symptoms that only last for several days such as diarrhoea, vomiting, fever, and abdominal pains. These symptoms tend to fade after a while but if the pain is unbearable you can always consult your doctor for the right antibiotics to deal with the discomfort.

E-COLI

This is a type of bacteria that normally lives in the intestines of a person caused by consuming contaminated food such as vegetables and fruits that may have been tainted by water that has this type of bacteria, food and beverages that are unpasteurized and water from the hotel that has the bacteria perhaps from the swimming pool or the drinking water. This kind of bacteria is treatable but the holidaymakers may sue the hotels for compensation due to the pain and suffering that was caused.

PURSUING A CLAIM

Did you know that pursuing a food poisoning claim is very easy, well that true? You can read more here on how to make your process easier and get compensated real quick. In order to increase your chances of being compensated, you must ensure that once you realize you are suffering from food poisoning, you should be in a position to seek medical assistance first. Then after the medication make sure you keep the receipts for any medicine you have purchased or any services offered by the doctors for future reference. You should then report the issue to your tour representative regarding the food poisoning, after reporting take pictures of any areas that may have poor standards for evidence.

You should also be in a position to talk to other holidaymakers in that hotel and find out if they have had any issue of food poisoning and if they would be willing to help you provide a supportive statement. After that make a list of all the things you have done in that hotel and also the food that you have eaten to easily identify the direct cause of the food poisoning.

COMPENSATING A CLAIM

The value of your claim is always dependent on the severeness of your illness and your specific circumstances. While some bacteria can fade away on their own without any medical attention, some can lead to very severe conditions such as kidney failure or urinary tract infections. The holidaymaker will then feel the need to sue the hotel for causing a tremendous injury or infection to them.

A number of factors are always considered when determining how much compensation you are entitled to such as the seriousness of your signs and the level of effect that the infection has caused and also how the infection has reduced your quality of living or your ability to work once you head back home from your holiday

CONCLUSION

Food poisoning illness seems to make headlines a couple of times every year and that is why it is always necessary and advisable to take precautions and thereafter actions if there is any case of negligence in a hotel or a resort that may lead to food poisoning. Every holidaymaker is entitled to compensation once severe pain is caused as a result of the infection from the hotels. 

Once there are several cases of compensation claims in a country, the hotel managers will always try to improve their standards to avoid destroying their guests’ stay at their hotel.