2-year-old girl dies after being bitten by fire ants, lawsuit says
ATLANTA (WANF/Gray News) - A family in Georgia is suing a hospital after their 2-year-old daughter died after being bitten by fire ants.
According to the lawsuit, Maya Getahun’s family brought her to the emergency room at Piedmont Eastside Medical Center in Snellville after she was bitten by ants and had an allergic reaction.
“While recognizing this was an allergic reaction, the medical staff waited over 20 minutes before istering epinephrine, causing Maya’s condition to worsen,” the lawsuit claims.
The lawsuit claims that when doctors tried to intubate Maya, they realized they did not have the right-sized equipment for a young child.
“Maya’s parents looked on helplessly as their daughter slowly died from lack of oxygen,” the lawsuit states.
“Maya’s death was 100% preventable,” said Lloyd Bell, founding partner of Bell Law Firm, one of the firms representing the parents, along with the law firm Andersen, Tate & Carr.
The lawsuit seeks a jury trial and that “judgment be entered in plaintiff’s favor in an amount in excess of $10,000.”
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