Student hospitalized
Krosiner diagnosed with food poisoning after attending the CAB sponsored casino night
By Dylan Lloyd & Jonathan Allen
March 01, 2005
http://www.thetartan.com/vnews/displ.../422499128e852
(Radford University)
Nine members of Alpha Phi Omega (APO) became ill after eating some food during a lock-in at Heth Hall. The incident occurred Friday, Jan. 18 during a Campus Activities Board-sponsored casino night. APO members believe the source of the sickness to be a batch of eggs provided by RU Catering Services.
“As far as we know, it was not food poisoning, no other individuals sought medical attention, and we believe this had nothing to do with dining services,” said Tom DeLuca, the director of Dining Services.
One student, Lauren Krosiner, became so ill that she had to be hospitalized. Upon her arrival at Carillon NRV Medical Center, she was diagnosed with food poisoning.
Krosiner said she was near the end of the line when APO went down to eat.
eggs and a new batch was brought out that Krosiner thinks just the eight or nine people at the end of the line ate.
“The group at the back of the line, we got sick. We had an entirely different
batch of eggs,” said Krosiner.
Was throwing up for about 10 hours before she went to the hospital. She was given an antibiotic that made her dehydrated and she had to be given four saline packs through an IV.
Krosiner’s father has filed a complaint with the health department. The health department has said they would investigate.
Student Leader Resources Coordinator Helen Diamond explains that the event wasn’t hosted by APO, it was simply a case of some of their members being at the wrong place at the wrong time.
“It wasn’t a function of Alpha Phi Omega, there just happened to be a good portion of our membership at the midnight breakfast. I also believe that they weren’t responsible for the food poisoning incident,” said Diamond.
APO is a service fraternity, and they maintain that they did not do anything prior to cause the sickness.
“I don’t even eat eggs to begin with, and it was too broad of an incident to be just a few people who were not feeling well do to outside causes,” said APO member Jeremy Hutchinson.
Radford Catering officials were notified about the incident the next day, as most of the employees who were on the job were student aid workers.
Currently, the university dining officials are not claiming responsibility as the matter is still under investigation.
“It could have been a flu or stomach virus going around; I do know that we have hosted many catering events throughout the school year and have never had an issue concerning food safety,” said DeLuca.
“I’m just glad its over with, it was probably one of the worst sicknesses I’ve ever gone through in my life,” said Korsiner.
Food posioning is AWFUL.
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