A young woman's life was turned upside down after a botched cannula became infected and left her arm in excruciating pain. Amy Pohl, 31, was left screaming in pain, "begging doctors" to amputate her arm, but further challenges lay ahead for the former primary school teacher after she woke up from an operation unable to move her lower body.
Amy Pohl, who lives in County Durham, Hartlepool, was enjoying a career as a primary school teacher when she became "quite unwell" in 2017.
She was taken to hospital and was later diagnosed with adult croup, a respiratory infection that causes swelling in the upper airway, a virus commonly affecting children.
During her time in hospital, Amy was given a cannula but claimed a doctor "failed to insert it properly" when it was due to be changed.
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