Dog-bite amputee who lost 3 limbs offered wheelchair ramp

Caron had suffered life-threatening septicaemia, or septic shock, which resulted in disseminated intravascular coagulation and widespread internal hemorrhaging. She was in a medically induced coma until earlier this month. Her legs had to be amputated below the knees, and her arm below the elbow. There is also concern for her right hand, and she is awaiting surgery on it. Caron will have some of the health-care costs covered by Ontario's health insurance program, but she will still have to cover the leftover costs of health care, medication, prosthetics and renovations to make her home accessible with a wheelchair.
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Dog bite infection costs Canadian her arm, legs

Martinez says 527 claims were filed in California and victims received $20.3 million, a jump of 31 percent over 2010. State Farm is still working to determine reasons for the spike, Martinez said. About 4.7 million people are bitten by dogs each year and more than half of the victims are children, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. About 800,000 people seek medical attention for the bites. Less than half of those people require treatment and about 16 die, the agency said. After children ages 5 to 9 years old, the agency said that seniors represent the largest group at risk, followed by letter carriers. Nationally, about 5,600 U.S.
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Dog bites man; police arrest man

Christine Caron, 49, a single mother of four, was reportedly playing tug-o-war with her three-year-old Shih Tzu, named Buster, when the dog accidentally "nicked" one of her knuckles while attempting to get a better grip on the rope. Her three other dogs came over and licked the wound. "It didn't seem like a big deal," she told the daily Ottawa Citizen. Days later she fell into a coma, and when she awoke in hospital six weeks later doctors told her they would have to amputate three of her limbs after the infection spread. The Capnocytophaga canimorsus bacteria responsible for the infection is commonly found in dog saliva, but rarely leads to infection in humans. According to the Public Health Agency of Canada, only 200 human cases have been reported worldwide since 1976.
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Dog bite claims cost insurers $497M in 2011, insurance group says

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