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Post by lawrence on Jan 22, 2009 20:01:53 GMT
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Post by Libby on Jan 22, 2009 20:14:58 GMT
Horrible! I hope she pulls through although from the article it doesn't look good. Poor girl.
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Post by newyorker on Jan 22, 2009 20:52:26 GMT
"She fell ill on December 30 and we took her to hospital where she was misdiagnosed with a kidney stone.
"They gave her some medicine and sent her home. But two days later she started getting worse."
Gotta love that socialized medicine.
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Rude Eric
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Post by Rude Eric on Jan 22, 2009 21:32:12 GMT
You dint now sh*t Newark. The structure of supply of health services in Brazil is predominantly private. www.southtravels.com/america/brazil/health.htmlThey have to have health insurance. She wood probably be OK if it had happened in the UK. |
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Post by kjetski on Jan 22, 2009 21:37:40 GMT
Not true. None of us knows the prognosis or the particulars. You are simply using this as an opportunity to bash Brazil rather than be nice to the girl.. Shame on you..
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Post by puffin on Jan 22, 2009 21:58:23 GMT
It was New York who bashed the system,kjetski.
It's true that nobody knows how she would have fared in another place, or with another medical team.
Poor girl. I hope that somehow she manages to come through this and can be fitted with good prostheses.
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Post by Libby on Jan 22, 2009 22:00:26 GMT
Unfortunately there will always be medical oversights, and this tragic case is one of them. This happens in other countries including the UK - look at the case of Jade Goody for example. She went to the doctors a few years ago with all the cancerous symptoms, bleeding, pain etc., and she was misdiagnosed. It wasn't until two years later when her symptoms became unbearable and she collapsed that she was diagnosed with secondary cervical cancer. She had a tumour the size of a rugby ball by this time! She is only 27 and only has a 40% chance of survival. Both horrendous cases where big mistakes have been made.
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Post by sweet soul on Jan 24, 2009 13:33:06 GMT
She has died. Poor thing.
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Post by sushimo on Jan 24, 2009 14:02:58 GMT
A 20-YEAR-OLD model who was a finalist to represent Brazil in the Miss World contest has died after having her hands and feet amputated because she had contracted a severe urinary infection. Doctors had been forced to amputate her hands and feet after she developed septicaemia. Health officials said in a statement that Mariana Bridi's condition deteriorated overnight and she died early this morning. The Espirito Santo State Health Secretariat said in the statement she died from complications related to a generalised infection, Associated Press has reported. It was caused by the bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which is known to be resistant to several kinds of antibiotics. Bridi had been in the hospital in the city of Serra in south-eastern Brazil since January 3. She became ill in December and doctors originally diagnosed her with kidney stones, local media said. Mariana Bridi da Costa had been in a hospital in Serra, in the south-eastern state of Espirito Santo, and on artificial respiration following the procedures, according to several newspapers. Her boyfriend, Thiago Simoes, told the G1 news website that Bridi fell ill on December 30, but was initially misdiagnosed with kidney stones. The infection quickly spread, causing her to go back to hospital for tests that revealed her condition. Surgeons had to act to remove her damaged hands and feet. Bridi was twice a finalist in the Brazilian stage of the Miss World pageant. Sad, very sad!  |
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Post by grizzley on Jan 24, 2009 16:02:13 GMT
A complete and total tragedy. Resistance to drugs is becoming more prevalent world wide. The indiscriminate use of drugs in raising animals for slaughter is allowing some strains to not only resist the drugs but now, actually feed off them. We are becoming our own worst enemies.
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Post by newyorker on Jan 24, 2009 16:04:15 GMT
A complete and total tragedy. Resistance to drugs is becoming more prevalent world wide. The indiscriminate use of drugs in raising animals for slaughter is allowing some strains to not only resist the drugs but now, actually feed off them. We are becoming our own worst enemies. It's also a case of gross incompetence, they could have caught the infection early, she came in for treatment early, and the f*cktards sent her home!  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2009 17:11:52 GMT
Bad, very bad.
I hope that they sue, if only so it doesn't happen again.
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Post by lawrence on Jan 24, 2009 22:57:11 GMT
feck
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Post by Libby on Jan 24, 2009 23:17:54 GMT
So sad, and this tragedy could have been avoided with the correct diagnosis from the beginning. Bless her!
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Post by mango on Jan 25, 2009 5:15:58 GMT
She has died. Poor thing. Kindest resolution. I would rather be dead than try to adjust to a life with prosthetic hands. to envisage life without feet - possibly, but both hands gone ... oh dear God no |
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Post by Woolf on Jan 25, 2009 15:59:01 GMT
People adapt.
Given the choice of death or rebuilding your life.
I would choice to live.
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Post by jonnyalpha on Jan 25, 2009 16:07:06 GMT
Death don't respect no beauty, no youth, no plans you've made, nor committments unfulfilled.
Poor girl. I hope she lived like every day would be her last.
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Woolf
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Post by Woolf on Jan 25, 2009 17:51:57 GMT
Who does!
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