Jamaica Resort Salmonella Outbreak - Buffet, Lucea Hanover Parish

Lucea, Hanover Parish, Jamaica

We took a family trip back in December 2020. We originally had reservations for Grand Palladium Jamaica Resort & Spa but was informed before check in that that specific side had been closed due to Covid-19. So we would be enjoying our stay on this other side. We quickly agreed to the upgrade and began our stay. We ate the Jerk Hut a few days in a row, plenty of the buffet food and my girls pizza at the Italian cuisine. For the most part, we enjoyed our stay until we arrived home. My 6 year old daughter had been complaining of constant diarrhea and cramping of her lower stomach. Almost everything she consumed came out of the other end in a watery form. She would break out in sweats, vomit almost immediately after consuming anything and complaint for about 2 days straight before I realized nothing over the counter was working for her. I took her into the hospital. She was Covid tested again which came back negative. After a series of other testing and stomach scans, we were informed that she was diagnosed with salmonella poisoning. I was in shock! I heard of salmonella poisoning but didn’t think it would ever affect my family directly. We’re always so cautious about the foods and meats we eat. After nursing my daughter back to good health after a total of 8 days the vomiting had finally stopped. Her the diarrhea and consistency of her stool was still the same so I knew she wasn’t 100% herself yet. Several days later I read a bunch of articles regarding this hotel and it’s Salmonella scare. Again in shock! I feel as if they should have shut their entire establishment down while the world was at the height of pandemic. If one side was closed, maybe close down the other side in preparation for future guests so that things like this doesn’t happen. Especially to a child. February 2021 rolls around and my daughter is finally doing better. It just sucks that my daughters 1st time out of the country concluded in her being poisoned. It took me a while to report this because she’s only 6, but after all the horrible reviews I’ve STILL been reading regarding this place, I had to post about our painful experience as well.

My wife was also diagnosed with Salmonella poisoning at the same time as my daughter. Their symptoms were very similar and they went to the doctors on the same date. | Symptoms: Nausea, Diarrhea, Vomiting, Other, Cramps, Sweating