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Monday, October 30, 1995 Page: 2A
PLAINS TWP. — Guests from Split Rock Lodge were originally thought to have
been suffering from food poisoning, but no cases were ever confirmed, said a
nursing supervisor at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center.
Guests at the Split Rock Lodge in Monroe County complained of stomach pains
and severe head pains. Nine people were taken to Geisinger Friday night.
At that time, a nursing supervisor had said the people were suffering from
food poisoning.
“That may have been a preliminary concern, but I don’t know of any patient
that was confirmed to have food poisoning,” nursing supervisor John Kopec said
Saturday.
Kopec said that all nine Split Rock guests complained of “gastrointestinal
discomfort” and were treated and released.
Managers at the Split Rock Lodge said Saturday they ruled out the
possibility that the guests became ill from food at their resort. Some of the
people who got sick were feeling ill before they ate at the lodge, said Jim
Jarick, night manager.
“We’re not conceding that food poisoning was something they got when they
were here,” Jarick said.
Management attempted to determine what food all 10 people ate while at the
resort.
“We made every effort to make some correlations,” said Chuck Dickinson,
resort general manager. “They all had some pasta, specifically. That is the
only common denominator.”
The pasta was served at the resort’s salad bar Friday.
Dickinson said none of the resort’s other 300 diners complained of stomach
pains.
He also said the people who complained of symptoms were traveling together.