Maggots infest Kent woman’s foot during NHS hospital stay

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  1. Empty_Sherbet96 on

    >Whilst an investigation is still ongoing, it is believed that during the warmer summer months when Linda was in hospital, windows were likely to have been open.

    >As a result, she and her family believe that while her wound was left without a cover, a fly had laid its eggs inside.

    >After Linda’s foot was left uncovered for a few days, her family say a new dressing was put on and the maggots hatched.

    >When the bandage was then uncovered, maggots were seen to be present in the wound.

    >Mother-of-four Linda said she could feel the ‘nasty’ fly larvae wriggling around in her foot.

    >She said: “**I thought, Where the hell did they come from?’** because I didn’t have maggots before. It was very odd, considering it’s a hospital… I could feel them. It was a tickling feeling and when he took the bandage off it was full of maggots looking at you. I wasn’t expecting that.

    >“He covered it back over and said, ‘Speak to the medical staff the next day’. By then, the maggots had got bigger.”

    >It wasn’t until the following day that the maggots were removed.

    This woman is remarkably calm considering there are MAGGOTS inside her FOOT. If i was in this situation you’d hear me screaming from the Scottish Highlands for a week straight

  2. infintetimesthecharm on

    Maggots are a legit medical technique to remove necrotic tissue from a wound. They only eat diseased dead tissue.

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