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A second lawsuit has been filed against the Subway franchise in Lombard where 41 people fell ill after eating at the location.
Barbara and Andres Romero of Lombard are the second couple to file a lawsuit against the Lombard Subway, located at 1009 E. Roosevelt Road.
The lawsuit states that Barbara Romero ate at the restaurant on two occasions, Feb. 23 and Feb. 25, where her food was contaminated with Shigella sonnei, a potentially lethal bacteria. By Feb. 27, Romero was experiencing serious symptoms to the point where she phoned her husband to take her in for medical help in fear that she might die. She was hospitalized for four days.
The Subway restaurant has been closed since March 4 as the DuPage County Health Department continues to investigate the cause of this outbreak.
“We have been working closely with the Illinois Department of Health,” said Dave Hass, a public information officer for the DuPage County Health Department. “The restaurant is being checked to make sure it is safe to reopen and all staff must be tested and cleared to return to work.”
The DuPage County Health Department has received 41 reports of lab-confirmed cases of shigella related to that restaurant as of late Wednesday. Ten of those people have been hospitalized, and nine have since been discharged.
Shigella infections are spread from person to person, and also can be acquired from contaminated food. The disease can be prevented by frequent hand washing with soap and water.
People who have developed these symptoms between Feb. 24 to March 1 after eating at the Lombard Subway restaurant are advised to contact their physicians and the DuPage County Health Department at (630) 682-7400. More information on shigellosis is available at www.idph.state.il.us/public/hb/hbshigellosis.htm.
A second lawsuit has been filed against the Subway franchise in Lombard where 41 people fell ill after eating at the location.
Barbara and Andres Romero of Lombard are the second couple to file a lawsuit against the Lombard Subway, located at 1009 E. Roosevelt Road.
The lawsuit states that Barbara Romero ate at the restaurant on two occasions, Feb. 23 and Feb. 25, where her food was contaminated with Shigella sonnei, a potentially lethal bacteria. By Feb. 27, Romero was experiencing serious symptoms to the point where she phoned her husband to take her in for medical help in fear that she might die. She was hospitalized for four days.
The Subway restaurant has been closed since March 4 as the DuPage County Health Department continues to investigate the cause of this outbreak.
“We have been working closely with the Illinois Department of Health,” said Dave Hass, a public information officer for the DuPage County Health Department. “The restaurant is being checked to make sure it is safe to reopen and all staff must be tested and cleared to return to work.”
The DuPage County Health Department has received 41 reports of lab-confirmed cases of shigella related to that restaurant as of late Wednesday. Ten of those people have been hospitalized, and nine have since been discharged.
Shigella infections are spread from person to person, and also can be acquired from contaminated food. The disease can be prevented by frequent hand washing with soap and water.
People who have developed these symptoms between Feb. 24 to March 1 after eating at the Lombard Subway restaurant are advised to contact their physicians and the DuPage County Health Department at (630) 682-7400. More information on shigellosis is available at www.idph.state.il.us/public/hb/hbshigellosis.htm.
