Just read this story: "Georgia teacher, 28, collapses at home... wakes up with no legs. Now she's been awarded $70 million."
"In March of 2013 Powell was rushed to Putney Memorial Hospital after collapsing, only to be hit with a devastating diagnosis of sepsis and shock once under the medical team's care.
Doctors pumped Powell with a massive dose of Vasopressin, administering a dose two-and-a-half times higher than the maximum safe amount for a singular person over a 40-hour period.
Since Vasopressin works by constricting blood vessels, Powell alleged that the overdose caused a dramatic drop in blood flow to the lower half of her body, specifically her legs and feet and ultimately starved them of oxygen."
I don't know the complete details of the case but I imagine the high vasopressin doses was necessary to keep the patient alive. These kind of cases are so infuriating because the general public has no clue how basic medicine works and the risks/benefits that goes into our decision making process.