A 2-year-old girl died after she was bitten by ants in Georgia. Now, her family is suing the medical center, claiming that her death was “preventable.”
As our sister station WSB in Atlanta reported, Bethelhem Getu Hundie and Getahun Birhanu took their daughter, Maya, to Piedmont Eastside Medical Center in Snellville, Georgia on Oct. 7, 2024. They said she was bitten by ants in their front yard and she had an allergic reaction.
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When they rushed Maya to the hospital, the lawsuit alleges that the medical staff waited over 20 minutes to give her epinephrine, a medication that Maya’s parents say would have saved her life.
The lawsuit also claims that the medical center lacked the proper intubation equipment for pediatric patients, WSB reported…