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A woman who was bitten by her pet dog, developed sepsis and had all her fingers and thumbs partially amputated is suing paramedics after they advised her to stay at home and take paracetamol.

Michelle Ellis, 45 from Plymouth was bitten twice by the family dog on 13 January 2021 on her right wrist and outer forearm and called an ambulance two days later after developing 'flu like symptoms.'

Paramedics from the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) attended her home and were told by Ms Ellis's son that she had been bitten while she also showed them the mottled appearance of her skin, which was also bruised.

But despite suffering from a high temperature, breathlessness, shivering and with visible dog bite marks on her arm they decided not to take her to hospital.

She was instructed to strip off, cover herself with a sheet, use a fan to keep her temperature down and take some paracetamol to deal with the pain she was experiencing.

But her condition deteriorated and the next day she was rushed to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth where she suffered multi-organ failure. She was put into an induced coma, had to be resuscitated twice and was diagnosed with sepsis.

Surgeons also had to carry out amputations on parts of all ten of her digits and she also had to undergo an emergency tracheostomy enabling her to breathe.

Ms Ellis, a mother of four is taking legal action against SWASFT for damages of more than £200,000 alleging the negligence of their paramedics led to these complications and has left her with

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