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Georgia flesh-eating bacteria victim able to sit in chair
Chicago Tribune
ATLANTA (Reuters) - A Georgia graduate student fighting a rare flesh-eating bacterial infection she contracted after being injured in a zip-line accident is now able to sit in a chair for hours at a time, her father said. "When the doctors put Aimee up ...
Cartersville, Ga., man has 6th surgery for flesh-decaying infectionChattanooga Times Free Press
Flesh-Eating Bacteria ExplainedDiscovery News
Georgia flesh-eating bacteria patient breathing on own: fatherReuters
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Miner's leg amputated after accident
Princeton Daily Clarion
Mine Safety and Health Administration officials say his left leg was amputated above the knee and he is in critical condition. It's the second accident at the mine this spring. In a March accident, two miners were injured. Names in both accidents are ...

High amputation level for diabetics a major 'scandal'
This is Cornwall
The trust cautioned that it was unable to separate out diabetics who may have lost a limb as a result of an accident, albeit very few. While the number of amputations fell in 2011, Graham Cooper, Diabetes UK South West regional manager, said the number ...

BOATING DEATHS: Alcohol plays a big part in incidents, data shows
Middletown Press
The accident also resulted in the partial amputation of Leland Brandes' right hand, as well as injuries to two other passengers. The motorboat operator, Gregory Siege, then 44, was boating alone when he fell out of his 200-horsepower outboard, ...
Alcohol-Related Boating Deaths Increase In ConnecticutHartford Courant

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KPRC Houston
What causes flesh-eating bacteria cases?
KPRC Houston
In order to save her life from flesh-eating bacteria, the Georgia woman had her feet, hands and part of a leg amputated. The 24-year-old slashed her leg in a homemade zip-line accident. Doctors said they believe that when she fell into an area with ...
Georgia flesh-eating bacteria patient breathing on own: fatherChicago Tribune
Aimee Copeland, Amputations Caused By Flesh-Eating Bacteria Following Zipline ...Huffington Post UK
Woman With Flesh-Eating Disease Takes Own BreathsABC News
Toronto Star -Kitsap Sun -WHNS Greenville
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ABC7Chicago.com
No Tears as Ga. Woman Sees Bacteria-Ravaged Hands
ABC News
Flesh-Eating Bacteria Victim Can't Remember Accident Watch Video College Student Battles Flesh-Eating Bacteria Watch Video Student With Flesh-Eating Bacteria 'Critical' Watch Video Copeland's father said she was still unaware of plans to amputate her ...
Georgia woman learns toll of flesh-eating bacteriaAtlanta Journal Constitution
Necrotizing fasciitis after zip line accident attacks Ga. womanABC7Chicago.com
Georgia grad student will lose fingers in fight against flesh-eating bacteria ...Fox News
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CBS Local
Man's arm amputated after getting caught in machine
Los Angeles Times
A 63-year-old man's arm was amputated when it got caught in an industrial lathe in Santa Ana, officials said Friday. The accident occurred about 11:30 pm Thursday at aircraft parts manufacturer GE Aviation on East Dyer Road as the man was turning a ...
Worker's arm severed by industrial latheSacramento Bee
Man's Arm Severed In Santa Ana Industrial AccidentCBS Local

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Woman with flesh-eating bacteria improving, off ventilator
WBXH
By Mandi Milligan - email The Louisiana State Police is investigating a deadly crash involving an ATV and a pickup. A 39-year-old man and 7-year-old boy were killed in the accident.More >> The Louisiana State Police is investigating a deadly crash ...

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New York Daily News
Zip Line Accident Leads to Flesh-Eating Bacteria and Amputation in Georgia
Slate Magazine (blog)
Giving us all another reason to distrust homemade zip lines, a Georgia woman has had her leg amputated after contracting a rare flesh-eating bacteria from a zip line-related injury. Aimee Copeland, a master's student at the University of West Georgia, ...
Aimee Copeland Showing Signs Of Recovery Despite Flesh-Eating Bacteria ...Huffington Post
Flesh eating bacteria causes woman's leg amputation after zip line accidentExaminer.com
Woman contracts flesh-eating bacteria after zip line accidentFOX 9 News
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Grandfather battling flesh-eating bacteria after accident
MyFox Atlanta
"Tomorrow morning, he's scheduled to be amputated below the knee. Hopefully that will get it and he doesn't have to lose anymore." Like the Copeland's, the Bales are asking for prayers and wondering just how their loved one, along with grad student ...

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