El brote de legionela de Calp se cobra la vida de tres turistas británicos
El hotel continúa abierto pese a que Sanidad anunció en una nota oficial la clausura
El brote ya afecta a un total de 14 turistas que se alojaron en el establecimiento
Rosa Biot / Santiago Navarro Alicante3 FEB 2012 - 11:55 CET
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HEALTH
The outbreak of legionella in Calpe is claiming the lives of three British tourists
The hotel remains open despite Health announced in an official note the close
The outbreak has already affected a total of 14 tourists who stayed at the establishment
Alcoi suffers 16 outbreaks of legionella in a decade
Rosa Biot / Santiago Navarro Alicante 3 FEB 2012 - 11:55 CET
The outbreak of legionella in Calpe is claiming the lives of three British tourists
The hotel remains open despite Health announced in an official note the close
The outbreak has already affected a total of 14 tourists who stayed at the establishment
Alcoi suffers 16 outbreaks of legionella in a decade
Rosa Biot / Santiago Navarro Alicante 3 FEB 2012 - 11:55 CET
The outbreak of legionnaires' disease detected in a few days ago Diamante Beach Hotel Calpe is having dramatic consequences. Three British elderly people have already died after being infected by bacteria. One of them died on Thursday at the Clinica Benidorm and the other two died 26 and January 31 respectively, when they had returned to their country of origin. The dead were aged between 73 and 78 years.
The Ministry of Health has reiterated this morning that it has ordered the precautionary closures of the hotel, but today is open in the morning and customers in and out normally. However, unless the spa facility has been closed, as he assured a group of Germans in Calpe, middle-aged, who tried unsuccessfully to use these facilities. Health has also indicated that the department technicians on site are progressing in the process to closure. The Diamante Beach Hotel makers refer to the Health Department at the request of any such information.
It has also confirmed that one of those admitted to the clinic Benidorm, the three that remain, is a Spanish doctor who treated British pensioners in the first time at the request of the hotel. Whether it affected as the other two are stable and are responding well to medication, according to the last part.
Sources say that if British health authorities had decreed the Legionella alert since last January 19 and are more than 16 cases under investigation of tourists who had also spent a few days in the hotel Calpe. The Ministry of Health said, for his part, endemic to the outbreak already has 14 affected, 10 of whom are British tourists, while the remaining four are of Spanish nationality.
The last of the deceased is a man of 76 years who died Thursday in Benidorm Clinic of this municipality after being admitted to the ICU. The deceased suffered from chronic heart disease was complicated by the spread of Legionella bacteria. At the health center remained hospitalized three other tourists, whose condition is stable and responding well to medication, according to sources later claimed by the clinic.
The Department of Health reminded late Thursday afternoon after detecting the outbreak were taken "appropriate measures to control this space-time clustering of cases." The protocol performance, in this sense, meant checking compliance on site and sampling for localization of the bacteria. This takes at first was negative, but "before pursuing cases" we proceeded to a second shot that gave positive results, as detailed in the early hours of the night the Ministry of Health.
The last hotel night work "normally" as a front desk clerk, even though Health had said that "we proceed to close the hotel establishment preemptively."
Second sample
The second sample was taken on 31 January, when they died the second of the British tourists. This death occurred 10 days after the UK health authorities have already proceeded to open an investigation to detect up to 16 patients Legionella after spending his vacation in Calpe.
It was not until earlier this week when the Health Department first publicly reported infections by this outbreak of legionnaire's disease, although the first hospital in Benidorm was recorded on January 14. At that time, the department heads Luis Rosado did not report the death of any of those affected. Health just reported the detection of six cases of legionella (finally were five) who had been admitted days earlier in Benidorm Clinic.
Elderly Britons affected by the outbreak of legionella at the hotel in Calpe were part of the same group of tourists traveling in Spain and reached the coast of Alicante from the hand of tour operator Saga Holidays.
Diamond Beach Hotel is a four star hotel in the beach. One of the most modern and luxurious hotels in this tourist town in the district of La Marina Alta. The property has 283 hotel bedrooms clients and specializes in travel with tour operators, such as those from the UK affected by the bacteria, as well as organizing conferences and events of all kinds. It has also one of the most complete spa Valencia.
The tour operator responsible for Legionella-infected travelers for days and moved to their guests staying at the hotel concerned to another institution of Calpe, the SH Ifach, also four stars.
"With the preventive closure of the facility we have the guarantee that there will be no new infection and will be able to assess structural measures as thoroughly as the situation requires," said the Health Department in that statement you submitted afternoon, announcing his decision. The establishment, however, last night it worked normally.
Health had already proceeded to the cleaning of the water conveyance systems and disinfection and cleaning of all facilities of the establishment and implementation of all in the protocols and rules governing the fight against legionella.
The Ministry of Health has reiterated this morning that it has ordered the precautionary closures of the hotel, but today is open in the morning and customers in and out normally. However, unless the spa facility has been closed, as he assured a group of Germans in Calpe, middle-aged, who tried unsuccessfully to use these facilities. Health has also indicated that the department technicians on site are progressing in the process to closure. The Diamante Beach Hotel makers refer to the Health Department at the request of any such information.
It has also confirmed that one of those admitted to the clinic Benidorm, the three that remain, is a Spanish doctor who treated British pensioners in the first time at the request of the hotel. Whether it affected as the other two are stable and are responding well to medication, according to the last part.
Sources say that if British health authorities had decreed the Legionella alert since last January 19 and are more than 16 cases under investigation of tourists who had also spent a few days in the hotel Calpe. The Ministry of Health said, for his part, endemic to the outbreak already has 14 affected, 10 of whom are British tourists, while the remaining four are of Spanish nationality.
The last of the deceased is a man of 76 years who died Thursday in Benidorm Clinic of this municipality after being admitted to the ICU. The deceased suffered from chronic heart disease was complicated by the spread of Legionella bacteria. At the health center remained hospitalized three other tourists, whose condition is stable and responding well to medication, according to sources later claimed by the clinic.
The Department of Health reminded late Thursday afternoon after detecting the outbreak were taken "appropriate measures to control this space-time clustering of cases." The protocol performance, in this sense, meant checking compliance on site and sampling for localization of the bacteria. This takes at first was negative, but "before pursuing cases" we proceeded to a second shot that gave positive results, as detailed in the early hours of the night the Ministry of Health.
The last hotel night work "normally" as a front desk clerk, even though Health had said that "we proceed to close the hotel establishment preemptively."
Second sample
The second sample was taken on 31 January, when they died the second of the British tourists. This death occurred 10 days after the UK health authorities have already proceeded to open an investigation to detect up to 16 patients Legionella after spending his vacation in Calpe.
It was not until earlier this week when the Health Department first publicly reported infections by this outbreak of legionnaire's disease, although the first hospital in Benidorm was recorded on January 14. At that time, the department heads Luis Rosado did not report the death of any of those affected. Health just reported the detection of six cases of legionella (finally were five) who had been admitted days earlier in Benidorm Clinic.
Elderly Britons affected by the outbreak of legionella at the hotel in Calpe were part of the same group of tourists traveling in Spain and reached the coast of Alicante from the hand of tour operator Saga Holidays.
Diamond Beach Hotel is a four star hotel in the beach. One of the most modern and luxurious hotels in this tourist town in the district of La Marina Alta. The property has 283 hotel bedrooms clients and specializes in travel with tour operators, such as those from the UK affected by the bacteria, as well as organizing conferences and events of all kinds. It has also one of the most complete spa Valencia.
The tour operator responsible for Legionella-infected travelers for days and moved to their guests staying at the hotel concerned to another institution of Calpe, the SH Ifach, also four stars.
"With the preventive closure of the facility we have the guarantee that there will be no new infection and will be able to assess structural measures as thoroughly as the situation requires," said the Health Department in that statement you submitted afternoon, announcing his decision. The establishment, however, last night it worked normally.
Health had already proceeded to the cleaning of the water conveyance systems and disinfection and cleaning of all facilities of the establishment and implementation of all in the protocols and rules governing the fight against legionella.
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