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Anyone who ate at the Mainstay Inn Motel and Restaurant in Palliser Regional Park near Riverhurst between June 1st and 22nd could have been exposed to Hepititis-A according to the Cypress and Five Hills Health Regions.

"If they stayed there or most particularly had meals at the restaurant between those dates, there is a number they should call into and leave a message for a public health professional to return the call. That professional will then make an assessment and guide on what proportions or what actions one would need to take, depending on the date that person was there," said Dr. David Torr, Consulting Medical Health Officer with the Cypress Health Region.

These people may become ill if they have not had the vaccine for Hepatitis A, or have not had Hepatitis A disease before.

"It's a viral infection spread through either contaminated food or contaminated water sources or anything that has been contaminated, most usually through food or contaminated water. They we're investigating, there is a person who possibly has Hepititis-A and we have a very high index of suspicion and I'm just waiting on confirmatory results on that," said Dr. Torr.

Hepatitis A is caused by a virus that infects the liver. It's possible that persons may feel ill, experience fatigue, fever, loss of appetite, and nausea.

It commonly causes Jaundice, dark coloured urine and light coloured stools.

The time between becoming infected and developing symptoms, is usually about one month. Infected persons can pass the virus to others up to two weeks before they start developing symptoms, and up to one week after developing symptoms.

Dr. Torr says while the risk of having become infected are low, Hepititis-A is serious:

"Any persons who were in that vicinity between June 1st and 22nd and most especially if they were eating at that facility, they could have a risk of exposure, so we just need them to be aware. It's not that everybody who was there is going to get infected the risk may be low depending on what your activities were," said Dr. Torr.

He urges anyone who thinks they might have been exposed to call 1-888-425-1111 and be assessed by a professional.

Leave a message including your name, date of birth, hometown, date you visited Mainstay Inn, as well as how you can be reached.

Individuals who stayed in rooms or ate food/consumed beverages at this location during the time frame of June 1-22, 2014 may be at risk.

For individuals who were on-site between June 18-22, 2014, vaccine may be recommended. Hepatitis A vaccine is the best way to protect against Hepatitis A infection and its complications.

The restaurant was inspected on June 28, 2014 and it does not pose any risk to the public at this time.

The Cypress Health Region is offering a dose of hepatitis A vaccine to prevent people from becoming ill.

For general information, contact the general Saskatchewan HealthLine by calling 811.