On Oct. 7, Bethelhem Getu Hundie and Getahun Birhanu brought their 2-year-old daughter Maya to Piedmont Eastside Medical Center’s emergency room after she was bitten by fire ants.
While fire ant bites aren’t usually lethal they can, in rare cases, cause severe allergic reactions. Maya, it turns out, was one of the unlucky ones.
Her allergic symptoms were clearly evident but virtually ignored, according to the parents, who have filed a lawsuit against the hospital’s parent company and the attending physician, Dr. Richisa Salazar
Maya’s breathing was labored, causing her to wheeze, the lawsuit said. She had also broken out in a rash…