Woman Becomes Quadruple Amputee After Giving Birth

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Okay, just to separate out the real facts from the "she can't hold her baby!" irrelevance...

She was told she had streptococcus, a flesh eating bacteria, and toxic shock syndrome, but no further explanation was given.

Mejia said after she gave birth to Mathew last spring, she was kept in the hospital with complications. Twelve days after giving birth at Orlando Regional South Seminole hospital, she was transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center where she became a quadruple amputee.

The couple wants to know how she caught streptococcus, during labor or after.

ORMC said Mejia is requesting information on if there were other patients or someone on her floor with the streptococcus. They said, if they release that to her, that would be a violation of other patients' rights.

Looks to me like she legitimately needed the amputations. It's not like they chopped off her limbs as an afterthought in the delivery room, she was kept for almost 2 weeks after because there were known complications (i.e., the infections.) The only thing the hospital isn't telling her is if they know how she caught the infection.

But yes, either way, the hospital certainly settled out of court, they do it all the time. Hospitals are teeming with infection and doctors make mistakes, you will never be able to avoid either of those things.