One of the biggest medical malpractice awards in Georgia history was given to a teacher who woke up in a hospital twelve years after learning that her legs had been severed.
Powell, a 28-year-old Camilla teacher at the time, passed out in her house in March 2013 following complications from a hormone deficient disorder and a stomach infection.
After being taken to Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, she was diagnosed with shock and sepsis by medical
Professionals. She was given medication to increase her dangerously low blood pressure in an attempt to save her life.
However, what started out as a life-saving procedure ended up becoming a devastating event.Court records state that Powell received two and a half times the recommended dosage of Vasopressin.
suggested upper limit – and the overdose persisted for nearly 40 hours.According to the Union-Bulletin,
Powell stated that the excessive dosage resulted in a sharp decrease in blood flow to her legs and feet, depriving them of oxygen because vasopressin narrows blood vessels.
