Woman loses medical negligence claim over partially amputated leg

Key points

• A woman has lost her medical negligence claim against the Hunter New England Local Health District after alleging doctors unnecessarily amputated her lower left leg. Vesna Zvicer was admitted to John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle in 2020 with sepsis, which worsened, leading to the amputation recommendation.
• NSW Supreme Court Justice Edward Muston dismissed her claim, stating the health district did not breach its duty of care.
• The court heard surgeons determined the leg was unviable and feared gangrene, while Ms Zvicer's legal team argued a fasciotomy could have saved it.