This is a very sad story, but unfortunately emblematic of a growing healthcare crisis at Perryville.
As you may know, diabetics have trouble with their feet from this disease. We will call her Pat. For two months Pat had been in and out of medical trying to resolve a sore on her foot. The provider said it was “just a bunion” and prescribed foot soaks.
When the “bunion” became infected, medical delayed getting Pat her much-needed antibiotics. When she finally received them, the kind and course of antibiotic was incorrect, and that led to a deeper infection. Even after a real MD prescribed the correct course of antibiotics, it was too late and infection had moved into her bone.
As of this writing, Pat is in the hospital and doctors are working to save her foot from amputation.