Two weeks ago, she was admitted to Mumbai’s SL Raheja Hospital, where doctors discovered gangrene had developed in her left leg. Clots in her peripheral arteries had restricted blood supply to ...

Gangrene, or a rapidly spreading foot abscess. Sound like diseases of the past? Well, sadly not. Leg amputation is one of the oldest surgical procedures. The earliest known example dates back some ...

A young single father had his leg “ripped apart” and amputated after falling from a motorised trike he bought as a gift just hours before. Cameron Hassall, a 32-year-old salesman, bought his father, ...