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Oct 01 2008

Food poisoning strikes Grab N Go, shuts down Leo’s

Posted by: Molly Redden in News, Vox Populi, tags: , ,

At least 25 Georgetown students were hospitalized late last night after eating at Leo’s dining hall, according to a University broadcast email. Voice writer Vivian Chen was told she was victim number fifteen when she walked into the Georgetown Hospital last night at about 2:00 a.m, where she joined other students waiting in the emergency room.

The food poisoning wasn’t limited to Grab N Go, as Adha Mengis (COL ‘11) discovered. Tuesday night, after eating in the main dining hall of Leo’s, he found himself unable to sleep due to severe stomach spasms.

Meanwhile, Leo’s has been shut down, with Altagracia and DPS Officer David Budd guarding the doors. Officer Budd is sends groups of annoyed student to the Leavey Center, where Budd says students who show their GoCards are treated to free food. Thanks, Georgetown, but no thanks.

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14 Responses to “Food poisoning strikes Grab N Go, shuts down Leo’s”
  1. Will Sommer says: October 1st, 2008 at 11:29 am

    So if I go to Hoya Court with my GOCard I’ll get free Subway? What a deal.

  2. Lynn Kirshbaum says: October 1st, 2008 at 11:44 am

    You can eat at the Center Grill- plastic container with as much as it can hold and a drink- and they are deducting meals from your plan. Sorry Will- nothing in life is free.

  3. Alex says: October 1st, 2008 at 12:13 pm

    Must be a slow news day. http://www.myfoxdc.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7554063&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1

  4. Getyour Factsstraight says: October 1st, 2008 at 9:56 pm

    The author of this article has stepped over the line on many fronts.

    a) releasing medical history without the consent of the patient
    b) using testimony without the consent of the witness
    c) falsifying testimony

    Before you publish your next article, make sure you have your facts straight because the incompetence of this reporting is frankly astounding.

  5. Will Sommer says: October 1st, 2008 at 10:26 pm

    I’m interested in hearing your concerns. Please explain what you mean.

  6. Molly Redden says: October 1st, 2008 at 11:02 pm

    Facts,
    If you’re referring to Max, it was indicated to me that Max was aware his roommates were disclosing his condition to me. If I find that’s not the case, I’d be surprised, but we’ll correct it immediately.
    If you’re referring to Budd, he seems to have been mistaken about the facts of the food in Center Grill, but that’s what he said.

  7. Will Sommer says: October 1st, 2008 at 11:13 pm

    Problem solved.

  8. Art says: October 2nd, 2008 at 8:16 am

    I am a Georgetown parent, and my wife and I visited our daughter on Saturday and Sunday. My wife became ill overnight Sunday, and almost passed out in the hotel. We did not eat on campus, but we did eat at the Key Bridge Marriott on Sunday. Therefore this is possibly airborne, not foodborne.

    To whom would we report this?

  9. y gris says: October 2nd, 2008 at 9:59 am

    raaaaa raaaaa raaaaaaa im georgetown voice and im angry

  10. Vox Populi » Slime in the ice machine! Health inspection reports from Leo’s and Georgetown restaurants says: October 2nd, 2008 at 10:03 am

    [...] that Georgetown’s learning the importance of food sanitation the hard way, let’s look at the restaurant health inspections of area restaurants. I filed Freedom of [...]

  11. Kate M. says: October 2nd, 2008 at 10:13 am

    Art, currently the University is collaborating in an investigation with the D.C. Department of Health to discover the source of these illnesses - they’re conducting both food safety and environmental inspections. Dr. Todd Olson (VP of student affairs at Georgetown), Dr. Glasser (from Georgetown hospital’s Emergency Department) and Dr. Davies-Cole (from the D.C. Department of Health) were answering questions at the press conference yesterday. The investigations are in part looking into both food prepared on site and food delivered from outside vendors, so maybe it’s airborne, or maybe Leo’s and the Key Bridge Marriott use a similar outside vendor? Either way, I’m sure Dr. Olson or Dr. Davies-Cole (or someone from the D.C. Dept. of health) would be a good place to start.

  12. Art says: October 2nd, 2008 at 1:16 pm

    Thanks all, we did reach out to Dr. Olson and are awaiting a reply. We will post any further developments if appropriate.

  13. Danny says: October 2nd, 2008 at 8:42 pm

    Dear Members of the Georgetown University Community,

    Please be advised that on Thursday October 2nd at approximately 2:30 AM, a norovirus was seen walking from Prospect through Village A. Suspect was wearing a dark coat with the collar up and appeared to be carrying a briefcase. DPS canvassed the area with negative results. Any students with information regarding this incidence are encouraged to contact DPS immediately.

  14. Bunny says: October 2nd, 2008 at 10:16 pm

    So I graduated 2 years ago and this sadly isn’t surprising
    When New South dining hall was open everyone would get food poisoning at some point during the year.
    Then they opened Leo’s and we all still managed to get food poisoning about once a year.
    FINALLY someone is figuring out that this is happening.

    I don’t mean to make as though this is an amusing matter…but we tried to tell the administration about this for YEARS but no one listened to us.
    Maybe someone will finally listen.

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