Topic: Thomson To Face Compensation Claim!

A passenger that sailed on the Thomson cruise ship, Island Escape is claiming she fell ill after eating fish while on a week long cruise around the Canary islands in March.



The Pensioner is seeking compensation after suffering sickness and diarrhoea just hours after eating, this meant her and her husband were confined to their cabin for the duration of the cruise.

Mrs Dimond was seen by a doctor on board and advised to eat crackers and drink lots of water, he also prescribed her medications including antibiotics.

Mr Dimond, 68, described their cruise holiday as a nightmare and made this statement: “We have been on a cruise before, on the same boat but when we got to the cabin this time there was a terrible smell of must. We felt the bathroom was dirty and I went to complain, but the ship was full so there were no cabins to move to. Staff came down and cleaned the cabin and bathroom with bleach and we thought we should make the most of it.”

Mrs Dimond added “I’m very particular about what I eat. One night I had cod, potatoes and poached cabbage, I started to eat it and I thought it was strong and bitter. There were three pieces of cod I’d eaten two, but the minute I put the fork in the third piece the aroma was horrid. I left it and within an hour I was nauseous, I kept vomiting and I was going to the toilet constantly.”



Mrs Dimond is still suffering effects of the illness and has made a claim against Thomson holiday’s with the help of the legal firm, Irwin Mitchell who gave this statement: “It is totally unacceptable that Mrs Dimond got so ill during her cruise, and that she continues to suffer.”

Thomson Holiday’s are investigating this claim.

Have you been on the Island Escape? Or on board any Thomson cruise?

Any similar experiences?

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A passenger that sailed on the Thomson cruise ship, Island Escape is claiming she fell ill after eating fish while on a week long cruise around the Canary islands in March.



The Pensioner is seeking compensation after suffering sickness and diarrhoea just hours after eating, this meant her and her husband were confined to their cabin for the duration of the cruise.

Mrs Dimond was seen by a doctor on board and advised to eat crackers and drink lots of water, he also prescribed her medications including antibiotics.

Mr Dimond, 68, described their cruise holiday as a nightmare and made this statement: “We have been on a cruise before, on the same boat but when we got to the cabin this time there was a terrible smell of must. We felt the bathroom was dirty and I went to complain, but the ship was full so there were no cabins to move to. Staff came down and cleaned the cabin and bathroom with bleach and we thought we should make the most of it.”

Mrs Dimond added “I’m very particular about what I eat. One night I had cod, potatoes and poached cabbage, I started to eat it and I thought it was strong and bitter. There were three pieces of cod I’d eaten two, but the minute I put the fork in the third piece the aroma was horrid. I left it and within an hour I was nauseous, I kept vomiting and I was going to the toilet constantly.”



Mrs Dimond is still suffering effects of the illness and has made a claim against Thomson holiday’s with the help of the legal firm, Irwin Mitchell who gave this statement: “It is totally unacceptable that Mrs Dimond got so ill during her cruise, and that she continues to suffer.”

Thomson Holiday’s are investigating this claim.

Have you been on the Island Escape? Or on board any Thomson cruise?

Any similar experiences?

No I don't believe that. It's less than 18 hours since I was reliably informed by Tomvet....

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Richard - Thomson ships as well as other cruise line ships are subject to the same checks by any competent authority responsible for food safety and environmental health in any port that it calls to. These are unannounced inspections. The only difference between the US and EU approach is that we tend not to name and shame on this side of the Atlantic. We tend not to use numerical scores over here as the focus become the score and a sort of league table rather than the issues on hand.

What you insinuate about Thomson is libelous - what ever happened to innocent until proven guilty. I have not sailed on Cunard. However, I have never observed a food safety management operator malpractice on a Thomson ship, I have on more upmarket lines.

How dreadful. Oh well, what goes around....

Only the best kitchen equipment on Cunard

"Mrs Dimond added “I’m very particular about what I eat. One night I had cod, potatoes and poached cabbage, I started to eat it and I thought it was strong and bitter. There were three pieces of cod I’d eaten two, but the minute I put the fork in the third piece the aroma was horrid. I left it and within an hour I was nauseous, I kept vomiting and I was going to the toilet constantly.”"

From Wikipedia.

Symptoms for bacterial infections are delayed because the bacteria need time to multiply. They are usually not seen until 12–72 hours or more after eating contaminated food.

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"Mrs Dimond added “I’m very particular about what I eat. One night I had cod, potatoes and poached cabbage, I started to eat it and I thought it was strong and bitter. There were three pieces of cod I’d eaten two, but the minute I put the fork in the third piece the aroma was horrid. I left it and within an hour I was nauseous, I kept vomiting and I was going to the toilet constantly.”"

From Wikipedia.

Symptoms for bacterial infections are delayed because the bacteria need time to multiply. They are usually not seen until 12–72 hours or more after eating contaminated food.

Food poisoning

http://www.google.co.uk/url?url=http...YX_D4BuLkrFgHA

When you develop symptoms depends on the exact cause of the food poisoning. The most common types of food poisoning generally cause symptoms within 2 - 6 hours of eating the food.

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Food poisoning

http://www.google.co.uk/url?url=http...YX_D4BuLkrFgHA

When you develop symptoms depends on the exact cause of the food poisoning. The most common types of food poisoning generally cause symptoms within 2 - 6 hours of eating the food.

I suppose it depend on what you read, extract from Wikipedia

"Bacteria are a common cause of foodborne illness. In the United Kingdom during 2000 the individual bacteria involved were as follows: Campylobacter jejuni 77.3%, Salmonella 20.9%, Escherichia coli O157:H7 1.4%, and all others less than 0.1%.[3] In the past, bacterial infections were thought to be more prevalent because few places had the capability to test for norovirus and no active surveillance was being done for this particular agent. Symptoms for bacterial infections are delayed because the bacteria need time to multiply. They are usually not seen until 12–72 hours or more after eating contaminated food."

Foodborne illness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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I suppose it depend on what you read, extract from Wikipedia

"Bacteria are a common cause of foodborne illness. In the United Kingdom during 2000 the individual bacteria involved were as follows: Campylobacter jejuni 77.3%, Salmonella 20.9%, Escherichia coli O157:H7 1.4%, and all others less than 0.1%.[3] In the past, bacterial infections were thought to be more prevalent because few places had the capability to test for norovirus and no active surveillance was being done for this particular agent. Symptoms for bacterial infections are delayed because the bacteria need time to multiply. They are usually not seen until 12–72 hours or more after eating contaminated food."

Foodborne illness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

What is very surprising is how long some of the bacteria can be carried without any symptoms.

What I can't understand is why would someone eat three pieces of fish that smelled off

I believe it would take scientific analysis of the food and her stools to determine if the person had food poisoning or if she had contracted the Norovirus.

She may have contracted the Norovirus earlier, then ate some fish which did not taste great, then went on to develop the Norovisus , thinking she had food poisening from the fish.

Who knows?

One tip I was given by a gastroenterologist... if you think you have eaten something dodgy put a piece of it in a napkin and keep it. That is your evidence and that is basically all you will have as proof. Otherwise unless a huge number have also eaten the same thing, like at a wedding, you will have a heck of a time trying to prove what caused your illness.

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I believe it would take scientific analysis of the food and her stools to determine if the person had food poisoning or if she had contracted the Norovirus.

She may have contracted the Norovirus earlier, then ate some fish which did not taste great, then went on to develop the Norovisus , thinking she had food poisening from the fish.

Who knows?

Now this is scarry

Listeria can take 90 days before symptoms show

Looks as if someone thinks it was about time Thomsons were dragged through the media again.

Heck, there would have to be proof that the fish caused the illness otherwise any legal action would fail

Methinks the idea is to be offered compensation from Thomsons who will want to avoid bad publicity even if it is not their fault.
Of course the 'legal advisers' will take a hefty slice of any compensation offered.