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Woman's leg 'exploded' at Bath hospital after broken limb turned septic

Source: , Posted On:   22 April 2021

A woman has described how her leg "exploded" with pus while she was waiting to be assessed at the Royal United Hospital in Bath.

Helen Way, 49, from Trowbridge, broke her leg in a fall and developed sepsis after having a metal plate inserted.

 

Several months and operations later, little healthy tissue remained and the only option was for her to lose the limb.

She said: "After I was sent home from hospital after my initial surgery, my condition started to get worse.

"I started experiencing more pain and swelling and started being sick.

“I felt something wasn’t right but I kept attending appointments and asking questions but it seemed that nobody was too concerned.

“When I was told to back to hospital it came as a real shock. I hadn’t been there long when my leg just exploded and a significant amount of pus started leaking out of my wound from where I’d had the metal plate fitted.

“After that, it seemed to be operation after operation and each time more of where my leg had been infected was removed."

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