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DRAIN -- At least 10 to 12 children got sick at a Pentecostal Church of God camp in Drain last week.
The cause of their illness is under investigation at this time, said Eugene Regan, environmental health specialist for Douglas County.
The children first started getting sick on Thursday, said Eric Nylund, district youth director of the Pentecostal Church of God. The junior camp, at Camp Corley in Drain, started Monday and ended on Friday. The camp was for children in second through fifth grade, and there were 112 children in attendance.
About three children were vomiting Thursday and seven others were saying they were not feeling well, Nylund said. A couple of the children went home with their parents on Thursday night. Meanwhile, the other children went to bed early, and Nylund said it appeared they felt better on Friday before their parents picked them up.
The incident was reported to poison control and the state health department on Sunday by a Bend parent whose child attended the camp. The parent called poison control at around 2:40 p.m. Sunday to report her son had been vomiting. He was treated at the St. Charles Medical Center in Bend, Regan said.
Nylund said church officials were not sure of the cause and thought it might be a virus going around.
There is no timeline for when the cause will be determined, Regan said.
The cause of their illness is under investigation at this time, said Eugene Regan, environmental health specialist for Douglas County.
The children first started getting sick on Thursday, said Eric Nylund, district youth director of the Pentecostal Church of God. The junior camp, at Camp Corley in Drain, started Monday and ended on Friday. The camp was for children in second through fifth grade, and there were 112 children in attendance.
About three children were vomiting Thursday and seven others were saying they were not feeling well, Nylund said. A couple of the children went home with their parents on Thursday night. Meanwhile, the other children went to bed early, and Nylund said it appeared they felt better on Friday before their parents picked them up.
The incident was reported to poison control and the state health department on Sunday by a Bend parent whose child attended the camp. The parent called poison control at around 2:40 p.m. Sunday to report her son had been vomiting. He was treated at the St. Charles Medical Center in Bend, Regan said.
Nylund said church officials were not sure of the cause and thought it might be a virus going around.
There is no timeline for when the cause will be determined, Regan said.
