Brooklyn Amputee Files Lawsuit Against Hospital
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A Brooklyn woman said Friday she is seeking $100 million dollars in damages after allegedly becoming a quadruple amputee because doctors and emergency workers failed to properly treat her.
Tabitha Mullings says when she went to Brooklyn Hospital Center in September complaining of pain, doctors told her she had kidney stones and sent her home with painkillers.
When the pain did not go away, she says she called 911. Emergency workers told her she did not need to be hospitalized.
The following day, Mullings went into septic shock and was taken back to the hospital, where doctors found a major infection and were forced to amputate her hands and feet. She was also left legally blind.
"She was in good health before she came to this hospital. This should not happen in this city at any hospital," said Sanford Rubenstein, Mullings’s attorney.
Mullings spoke out Friday after being transferred to the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation in Manhattan. She said she's determined to leave the hospital before the end of the year.
"My goal is to walk out of this hospital with my hands and my legs, walking out of here before Christmas so I can spend it with my beautiful children and family. That's my determination," she said.
Mullings filed a notice of claim against the city, the fire department, EMS, and Brooklyn Hospital and its doctors.
Brooklyn Hospital declined to discuss Mullings's medical care, citing patient confidentiality.