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Annette Ramirez, a wife and mother
Annette Ramirez, a wife and mother, lost her arms and legs to a massive infection following a hysterectomy at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center in Torrance. She filed a malpractice lawsuit against the hospital and eight doctors. According to Dr. Bruce Fagel, her attending physician ignored the concern of nurses who reported her abnormal vital signs and instead ordered pain medication and an enema, which increased the spillage of bowel contents, causing peritonitis. Two days later, a CT scan discovered the perforated bowel. Ramirez was taken back to surgery and given medication to increase her blood pressure. After several days, her skin began to turn black from gangrene. She underwent hyperbaric oxygen treatment at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center. Then, she was transferred to the Torrance Memorial Medical Center burn center, where doctors amputated portions of her arms and legs. The lawsuit says the woman lost both legs above the ankle, her right arm above her elbow, and her left arm above the wrist. -Bruce G. Fagel
Annette Ramirez, a wife and mother
Annette Ramirez, a wife and mother, lost her arms and legs to a massive infection following a hysterectomy at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center in Torrance. She filed a malpractice lawsuit against the hospital and eight doctors. According to Dr. Bruce Fagel, her attending physician ignored the concern of nurses who reported her abnormal vital signs and instead ordered pain medication and an enema, which increased the spillage of bowel contents, causing peritonitis. Two days later, a CT scan discovered the perforated bowel. Ramirez was taken back to surgery and given medication to increase her blood pressure. After several days, her skin began to turn black from gangrene. She underwent hyperbaric oxygen treatment at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center. Then, she was transferred to the Torrance Memorial Medical Center burn center, where doctors amputated portions of her arms and legs. The lawsuit says the woman lost both legs above the ankle, her right arm above her elbow, and her left arm above the wrist. -Bruce G. Fagel