Florida Man Who Died After Eating Oysters At Restaurant Had Multiple Drugs In His System Report

A South Florida man who died after eating raw oysters and contracting a flesh-eating disease had various drugs in his system at the time of his death, including cocaine and fentanyl, a report says. Roger Pinckney, a 44-year-old from Davie, died July 31 after a fever and abdominal pains that kept him hospitalized for eight days after a meal he had at the Rustic Inn Crabhouse in Fort Lauderdale, NBC 6 reports, citing findings from the county Broward. Coroner. “Over the course of 60 years, we’ve served a couple of billion oysters, and we’ve never had one get sick like this,” Rustic Inn Crabhouse manager Gary Oreal told the South Florida SunSentinel, noting that Pinckney worked at the restaurant years ago. . Inspectors from the Florida Department of Health examined the restaurant’s kitchen and its oyster inventory the day after Pinckney became ill, Oreal told the newspaper. OYSTER FOOD SAFETY TIPS YOU NEED TO KNOW AFTER 2 REPORTED DEATHS LINKED TO THE SHELLFISH Roger Pinckney is one of two people who recently died in Florida after eating raw Louisiana oysters. (Facebook) “We’ve had a great response and we’ve been allowed to continue selling oysters,” he said, adding that the oysters currently served are from Louisiana. “If there was a problem with the oyster bed we would know because others would have gotten sick.” The medical examiner’s report said Pinckney tested positive for cannabis, cocaine, fentanyl, oxycodone and opiates after his death. Pinckney also tested positive for Vibrio vulnificus, a bacteria found in warm seawater, according to NBC 6. While hospitalized, Pinckney began experiencing necrotizing fasciitis — a flesh-eating disease — “due to the bacteria,” the medical examiner was quoted as saying. Shortly before his death, Pinckney developed multiple organ failure and had been on continuous dialysis, NBC 6 also reported, citing the health findings. Roger “Rocky” Pinckney ate oysters at the Rustic Inn Crabhouse in Fort Lauderdale on July 21 before going to the hospital two days later, the South Florida SunSentinel reports. (Google Maps) Florida officials say 2 people died from raw Louisiana oysters “It still doesn’t feel completely real,” his daughter, Jaelyn Pinckney, told the South Florida SunSentinel. “I don’t know how an oyster can cause all this.” Jaelyn Pinckney described her father as “the life of every single party” and said there was “never a dull moment around him.” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the Vibrio bacteria does not make the oyster look, smell or taste different. The agency said about 80,000 people experience concussion in the U.S. each year, and about 100 people die from it. The Florida Department of Health says 26 people have been infected with the bacteria so far this year, with six of them later dying. in 2021, 34 people were infected with 10 deaths. and in 2020, there were seven deaths among the 36 who became ill. Some people like to eat oysters raw, but the CDC and other health agencies don’t recommend doing so because of the risks of shuddering. (iStock) CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Last week, a Pensacola man died after contracting the bacteria from oysters he bought at a market, the Pensacola News Journal reported. Those oysters also came from Louisiana, officials said. Infections linked to the bacteria are common in oysters and raw seafood during the summer months, when water temperatures are higher, University of West Florida professor Robert Farr told the paper. The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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