The 42-year-old woman was admitted back into Witbank Provincial Hospital after she was discharged from hospital a few days earlier with a hole in her arm.
On Tuesday, November 24 the 42-year-old woman was transferred to Nelspruit hospital where she will undergo a skin graft on her arm.
“According to the doctor they will need to clean the wound out properly for the first seven days before I can have a skin graft,” said the woman.
On Sunday, November 1 the 42-year-old woman went to Witbank Hospital after she had a rash on her arm near the spider bite.
After she was seen in casualties she was sent to Ward 5 and was diagnosed with Cellulitis which is spreading of bacterial infection of the skin and tissues beneath the skin.
On Monday, November 2 at 05:00 the 42-year-old came out of theatre, her armed was bandaged up and her arm was elevated.
The arm of the 42-year-old woman that went to Witbank Provincial Hospital with a rash and walked out the hospital with a hole in her arm.
At 09:30 night staff took over it was reported that her arm was still swollen and the dressing was wet.
On November 9, she complained again to the nursing staff that her arm was in extreme pain.
The following day on the Tuesday, November 10 she went back into theatre where the open wound was cleaned out and most of the skin was cut away.
On Wednesday, November 11 she was discharged from Witbank Hospital.
Allegedly she had a prescription for Pethodene, but allegedly the nurse tore it up and she was handed a bag of Panado’s and an antibiotic.
“I was sent home with an open wound, not even dressings were giving to me, nothing at all. This whole weekend, I walked around with an open wound,” said the 42-year-old woman.
In November of 2012 a woman from eMalahleni was bitten by a Violin spider. The superficial bite is painless and initially goes unnoticed.
“My skin started to itch and then the area went red and swollen,” said the 42-year-old woman.
She went to Witbank Provincial Hospital for treatment on the spider bite and was later taken into theatre where the wound was cleaned out. Even though most of the poison was removed a hole was still made in her arm.
