8 People Suffer Carbon Monoxide Poisoning at L.I. Restaurant
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November 10, 2009
Nassau County police evacuated Ayhan’s Shish-Kebab Mediterranean Restaurant at 379 S. Oyster Bay Rd. in Plainview Monday night after reports of multiple customers falling unconscious.
Emergency workers transported eight people to area hospitals, Nassau University Medical Center and North Shore University Hospitals in Syosset and Plainview, suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning. Three other people sustained carbon monoxide poisoning, but refused medical attention.
The source of the leak was undetermined, but police say the gas in the restaurant was shut off.
This is not the first time illness has been linked to Ayhan’s Shish-Kebab Mediterranean Restaurant. In 2001, the Nassau County Health Department linked a Shigellosis outbreak to five restaurants owned by Ayhan Hassan of Port Washington, including Ayhan’s Shish-Kebab Mediterranean Restaurant in Plainview. More than 600 people complained to the Health Department of symptoms such as bloody diarrhea, fever and abdominal pain.
Shigellosis is an infectious disease caused by a group of bacteria called Shigella and often contracted by eating food contaminated when a food handler fails to wash his or her hands after using the bathroom. Most people infected with Shigella develop diarrhea, fever and stomach cramps starting a day or two after they are exposed to the bacteria. The diarrhea is often bloody. Shigellosis usually lasts 5 to 7 days, although it may be several months before a person’s bowel habits are entirely normal. A severe infection with high fever may be associated with seizures in children less than 2 years old. Children and elderly people are particularly vulnerable to shigellosis infection.
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