A new federal study found that after visiting Splash Park near Wichita, Kansas last summer, dozens of people got sick.
According to a survey by the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 21 people were infected with shigella and six with norovirus. Tanganyika Wildlife Park in Goddard. Another 36 people reported gastrointestinal illness after visiting Splash Park but had not undergone laboratory tests to determine the cause of their illness, , according to The Wichita Eagle. person was hospitalized.
Previously, state and local health officials said eight of his park visitors had contracted shigella, and others had contracted norovirus, sapovirus, and an E. coli strain called enteropathogenic E. coli. He said he tested positive for one.
The CDC report is based on a survey of 404 people who visited Splash Park between May 28 and he June 19 last year. I'm here.
Splash Park, located about 14 miles west of Wichita, was cleared to reopen last July after upgrading pumps and filtration systems and passing health inspections.
This report confirmed that the disease was not associated with any animal in the hands-on zoo.
At least three lawsuits have been filed against Splash Pads. One of his cases has been resolved, while his other two are pending.
Wildlife park director Matt Fouts told the newspaper that the research was useless "just to analyze the data to learn from the past."
"Very little advice to other splash parks, other than making sure to put up signs that say 'Don't Swallow Water', and doesn't offer any additional insight into the investigation was,” said Fouts. "Nevertheless, we have taken the situation seriously and have found ways to enhance our systems and processes to ensure that Splash Park is safer than ever, so we can confirm that no additional incidents have occurred.
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