Losing a Limb Can Quickly Turn Fatal
14th Nov 2006, 01:42 GMT
Within three years of amputation, one quarter of patients will die. Within five years, that number goes up to half. What's so sad is the majority of those deaths could have been prevented with basic foot care.
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