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Arm Amputated After Doctors Dismissed Hand Discoloration
31 Jan
Summary
- A mother's hand discolored, later revealed to be necrosis from a clot.
- Medical staff suggested ink or bruising, but X-rays showed no fractures.
- Her arm was amputated, and she later died from infection complications.
A 52-year-old mother experienced a rapid decline in health after medical staff allegedly dismissed the discolouration of her hand as bruising or even newspaper ink. The initial signs appeared in October, with the discolouration spreading across her hand.
Despite attending urgent care at an Edinburgh hospital, clinicians concluded it was bruising, as X-rays did not reveal any fractures. Her family reported that staff questioned if the stains were from old newspapers.
However, the condition proved to be necrosis, caused by a blood clot blocking circulation. Surgeons attempted to save her arm at the Royal Infirmary, but the necrosis had spread internally.
Her right arm was subsequently amputated at St John's Hospital in Livingston. Around a month later, after being discharged, her health deteriorated further, and she passed away in her sleep on December 28.
Her family attributes her death to the infection following the amputation, suggesting that a lack of appropriate medical intervention at the outset tragically led to the loss of her arm and ultimately her life.
