Error doctor led to gangrene

Survived breast cancer, 41-year-old woman once again faced with a threat to life due to an error of doctors to carry out reconstructive breast augmentation surgery. Recently, a woman was amputated toes, and now there is a risk of losing all of the lower extremities.

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4 years ago the mother of three children in the UK diagnosed with Leanne Parker breast cancer . She went through mastectomy and 4 months of chemotherapy, but then decided to remove the second breast, and, remember about a family history of cancer. During the operation, doctors also removed and the reproductive organs of women. In 2011 Leanne was hospitalized Wythenshawe Hospital for reconstructive breast surgery.

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The operation was performed normally, but after the completion of the surgeon forgot to enter the bloodstream of the patient antibiotics, it is absolutely necessary in such cases to prevent postoperative infections. After 3 weeks after surgery Leanne felt so bad that almost lost control over his whole body. Her friends called an ambulance and the woman was rushed to the hospital.

So it turned out that Leanne was the victim of postoperative infections caused by organ failure. The patient is placed in an artificial coma and began to be treated with powerful drugs. The drugs cause complications. As she explains Leanne, her body trying to survive, and it will send all available blood to the brain, which is why the limbs were deprived of oxygen. Developed gangrene Which required the amputation of toes.

If the disease progresses further, it can remove Leanne legs below the knees. Particularly difficult in this situation to her to know that all this is happening because of a banal error doctor who forgot to make an injection of antibiotics. If not for his criminal distraction, then it would already be completely healthy. (READ MORE)

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