A grandmother who lost her limbs after getting sepsis from a paper cut has lost her legal battle for compensation at Scotland’s highest civil court.
Marguerite Henderson, 57, sued her GPs at the Benarty Medical Practice in Lochgelly, Fife, alleging that they didn’t do enough to stop her falling seriously ill in February 2018. The incident took place during the ‘Beast from the East’ spell of bad weather which brought a huge amount of snow to Scotland and disrupted public services.
She alleged that failures in care led to surgeons having no other option but to amputate her left arm and part of the thumb of her right hand. Medics were also forced to remove both legs under her knees.
