JOHN W. ADKISSON l The Roanoke Times

Camp Virginia Jaycee's programs for people with disabilities are closed but reservations still stand for private groups who have rented the facility on weekends, according to camp spokesman Tom King.

A Bedford County summer camp program for the disabled shut down Saturday -- seven weeks early -- because of a "medical incident" that resulted in the firing of the camp director and an unidentified medical staffer.

Camp Virginia Jaycee board chairman Tom King of Centreville said Wednesday that an adult female camper was treated and released from a hospital and is residing at a group home. He declined to elaborate on the details of the incident but said it was not H1N1 flu virus.

"The reason we are closing is because we don't have staff to administer medical care," King said.

Policies and processes related to medical care were not followed, he said.

The camp director was Janna Austof, King said. Her husband, Ryan Austof, was head of maintenance at the camp. Ryan Austof resigned, King said.

While the couple were employed, they resided year-round at the camp in Blue Ridge.

The Austofs could not be reached for comment Wednesday.

Two other medical personnel, whom King declined to name, have been suspended while the situation is being investigated.

It remains unclear what happened or when the incident occurred, but Maj. Ricky Gardner of the Bedford County Sheriff's Office said it did not require the attention of his agency. Jeff Johnson, the county's E-911 manager, said no emergency calls were received in the dispatch center since summer camp started on June 14.

The nonprofit facility was attended by an average of 80 campers per week. The camp is open to people with developmental and intellectual disabilities from age 7 through adult. It closed Saturday after the second weeklong camping session. King said the summer camp program will not reopen until suitable leadership is hired.

"We are actively looking for a camp director and appropriate medical staff," King said.

Filling those positions may allow the camp to reopen this summer on a limited basis, he said. Staff and volunteers in the meantime are notifying the campers scheduled to attend the fourth and fifth weeks of camp that it is cancelled.

The Salem office of Camp Easter Seals Virginia has received half a dozen calls since Tuesday from families inquiring about openings for the displaced campers, director of program services Tristan Robertson said.

"The challenge we have is there are only two weeks left of summer camp," she said.

Robertson's office is advising callers to complete a summer camp application, which will be reviewed to see if the campers can be accommodated at a summer camp in Craig County.

The closure affects Camp Virginia Jaycee's summer camp program but reservations still stand for private groups who have rented the facility on weekends, King said.

The organization faces financial strains as a result of cutting short the summer camp season.

"We are dependent on camper fees and donations to run our program," King said. "Taking such a hit on the camper fees put us in a bleak position."

The cost of camp is $600 per person, which is subsidized by donations.