Gabriela Mello Mendes, 29, poses in undated photo. She contracted a bacterial infection after stepping on thorns at a farm and had to have part of her leg amputated, in Uba, Brazil. Note: Private photo. (@gabiiimello/Newsflash)
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02 November 2022
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A Brazilian woman who trod on thorns ended up needing her lower leg amputated after bacteria entered the wound and ate away at her flesh and bones. Gabriela Mello Mendes, 29, is now recovering after having her lower leg amputated last month following a five-year-long ordeal after she trod...