WOMAN SUES NAIL SALON AFTER PEDICURE LEADS TO INFECTION AND AMPUTATION

A WOMAN VISITED A NAIL SALON IN NORTH PORTLAND, ORAGON AND CLAIMS THAT SHE RECEIVED AN INFECTION WHICH RESULTED IN THE AMPUTATION OF FIRSTY ONE OF HER TOES AND ULTIMATELY HER WHOLE RIGHT LEG.  SHE STATES THAT WHEM THE MANICURIST WAS USING A SHARP INSTRUMENT TO SHAVE CALLUSES OFF HER FEET, SHE NEGLIGENTLY LACERATED HER TO WHICH LED TO THE INFECTION.

WE ARE UNSURE WHETHER THIS WOMAN HAD ANY PRE-EXISTING MEDICAL CONDITIONS WHICH MIGHT HAVE EXACERBATED THE PROBLEM SUCH AS DIABETES.  DIABETIC PATIENTS ARE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO CONTRACTING INFECTIONS AS THEY HAVE POOR CIRCULATION AND DECREASED SENSATION SO THEY ARE UNWARE IF THEY ARE INJURED.

ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS HAS BEEN PROVIDING PATIENTS WITH HIGH QUALITY HEALTH CARE SINCE 1980.  WE PRIDE OURSELVES WITH TRYING TO PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE CARE AND SERVICE TO EACH AND EVERY PATIENT.  THIS HAS BEEN THE SECRET TO OUR INCREDIBLE SUCCESS.  OUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO QUALITY HEALTH CARE.