A woman who went into surgery for uterine fibroids was left devastated when she woke up and discovered that her arm was amputated.
35-year-old Alessandra dos Santos Silva was admitted to a hospital in Brazil after growths were found in her uterus.
But after the procedure to remove uterine fibroids, doctors found a hemorrhage that required a total hysterectomy.
Her family who visited her in the hospital said they noticed that the dancer’s arm was bandaged, her fingers had darkened, and her hand was cold to the touch.
“They didn’t even let us take a photo,” Alessandra’s mother, Ana Maria, said.
“I asked why her hands were bandaged. (They said) ‘Your daughter is very cold, that’s why we swaddled her’. It was already necrotizing the fingers. They hid it.”
The woman’s family members were told that she needed to be transferred from Hospital da Mulher Heloneida Studart to the State Institute of Cardiology Aloysio de Castro in Botafogo.
Alessandra’s arm was said to be black at that time and it had become necrotic, with doctors saying it was no longer possible to save.
The family was informed that her arm had to be amputated to save her life.
After the amputation, Alessandro – who works as a samba dancer at the Academicos do Grande Rio School, was discharged from the hospital.
The 35-year-old, who was shocked to wake up without her arm, is now worried about how she’s going to work as a dancer.
“I want those responsible to pay, for the hospital to take responsibility because they managed to end my life. They destroyed my work, my career, my dream… everything,” Alessandro expressed.
The incident is now being investigated by the Civil Police and the Rio de Janeiro Health Department.
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