Nova Scotia truck driver who lost foot to flesh-eating disease sues Winnipeg doctor

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A Nova Scotia truck driver whose foot was amputated after he got necrotizing fasciitis is suing a Winnipeg doctor for negligence, claiming the Seven Oaks General Hospital urgent care physician failed

to properly treat him.A long-haul trucker is suing a Winnipeg doctor. The trucker's lawsuit says after being treated in Winnipeg, he drove home to Nova Scotia, where he found out he had necrotizing fasciitis. to properly treat him.

He claims negligence by a doctor at the Winnipeg hospital caused the loss of his right foot, which has prevented him from continuing to work as a long-haul trucker, among other things. Miners had been sick for three days when he stopped in Winnipeg and contacted 911 on the afternoon of July 16, 2022, says his statement of claim, which was filed in the Manitoba Court of King's Bench on March 13.

Miners, who has Type 2 diabetes, also had a swollen right foot, where a small wound had improved after treatment with antibiotics several weeks earlier. There was redness radiating up his right leg from that lesion, he says in the claim.The hospital ordered blood work and found Miners had an increased white blood cell count.Shortly after 11 p.m.

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