Holiday sickness and food poisoning at the Holiday Village Sarigerme Turkey

Exclusive to First Choice UK customers, the Holiday Village at Sarigerme, Turkey has seen more sickness outbreaks than most, and more bad publicity through the BBC Watchdog programme.    
Salmonella, Cryptosporidium, Campylobacter and Severe gastroenteritis struck down holidaymakers at the Holiday Village, Sarigerme, Turkey, on the south-west coast, and the complex has been  linked to cases of food poisoning and holiday illness since 2005.

Victoria Shaw, 11, caught Salmonella, and her dad, Mark was taken ill with campylobacter, which is an intestinal illness often caused by undercooked meat or cross-contamination of food. Mark says he was so ill that he went to the toilet 37 times in a day, and he couldn´t climb the stairs. Watchdog sent undercover researchers to the Holiday Village, Sarigerme, Turkey, who found the hotel to be clean, but also heard about many more cases of illness at the resort, including severe diarrhoea and vomiting.

Out of a group of 21 holidaymakers from Manchester, 13 became sick while staying at the hotel, and four more developed symptoms when they returned home. One rep at the hotel suggested an unfamiliar diet was causing illness amongst guests and said: "You find the food is very oily, in comparison to the UK where it´s salty. But there´s no sort of disease or bug or anything."
Once back in the UK, two of the affected party took stool samples to their doctor, and one tested positive for Cryptosporidium, a waterborne parasite that affects the stomach and intestine.

A spokesman for First Choice, whose company admitted liability for claims against the Holiday Village, Sarigerme, Turkey, in 2005, 2006 and 2007, said: "At First Choice, the health and well being of our customers is our primary focus and we would like to apologise to anyone who has experienced sickness whilst staying at the Holiday Village, Turkey."The Holiday Village, Turkey, is one of the biggest and most popular resorts in our programme, with nearly 48,000 customers visiting each year. Whilst we accept than any level of sickness is unacceptable, the numbers of holidaymakers falling sick remains very low when the larger population is taken into consideration."

If you have suffered any type of holiday illness at the Sarigerme Holiday Village in Turkey or in any other holiday hotel, Farnworth Rose Personal Injury Solicitors may be able to help you claim compensation. We work on a no win, no fee basis and our specialist holiday illness compensation expert is Anne Thomson, with over 20 years´ experience working in the field of travel law. We are a professional and regulated team of solicitors, based in Nelson, near Burnley in the UK, and we will guide you through the claim compensation process from start to finish. We work on a no win, no fee basis, and you get 100% of the compensation.  For more information call us free on 080001 54321 or fill in the online claim form.