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A third case of flesh-eating bacteria has emerged with ties to Georgia, myFOXatlanta reported.
A landscaper from Cartersville is in critical condition at Doctors Hospital in Augusta battling the potentially deadly disease. That's the same place University of West Georgia graduate student Aimee Copeland is being treated.
A Piedmont, S.C. mom is also fighting the infection days after giving birth here in Atlanta at Emory University Hospital Midtown.
The new flesh-eating bacteria case involves Bobby Vaughn. The Cartersville landscaper was injured at work when he fell from a tree two weeks ago and suffered a cut to his side.
"He got a cut on his side and took him to the hospital. My son said he was throwing up…They treated him, he chose to leave. He got up the next morning it had spread," said Amanda Nicholson, Vaughn's ex-wife.
Nicholson said that Vaughn spent about a week at Cartersville Medical Center. She says the infection quickly spread from his abdomen to his upper back. He was eventually transferred to Doctor's Hospital in Augusta.
"It was kind of scary of first because, for some reason it was like every two days, when they would go to check, it was spreading, still. And so finally that was when they sent him to Augusta," said Nicholson.
According to Nicholson, Vaughn has undergone five surgeries as doctors remove nearly two pounds of infected tissue.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/05/18/reports-emerge-third-flesh-eating-bacteria-victim-with-ties-to-georgia/?test=latestnews#ixzz1vEc722dY
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Saturday, April 7, 2012
3 executed in Gaza, one for 'collaborating' with Israel
Hamas: 3 executed in Gaza, one for 'collaborating' with Israel
By CNN
updated 6:59 AM EDT, Sat April 7, 2012
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Three Palestinians are executed in Gaza, the Hamas government says
One is put to death for collaborating with Israel, Hamas says
Two others are hanged as convicted murderers
Rights groups have previously highlighted serious concerns over due process in Gaza
(CNN) -- Three Palestinians were hanged in Gaza on Saturday, one of them for "collaborating" with the Israelis, the territory's ruling Hamas government said.
The other two were convicted of murder, the Ministry of Interior and National Security statement said. One was also found guilty of one count of sodomy with a child under 16.
The sentences were carried out according to legal procedures and all three had exhausted their right to appeal, the statement said.
Hamas, a militant Islamist group, has controlled Gaza since 2007, when it seized power from the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority after a short-lived coalition government failed. Hamas had won legislative elections in January 2006.
Following the execution of two Palestinians last summer, also on charges of collaborating with Israel, rights group Human Rights Watch urged Hamas to impose a moratorium on the death penalty.
"Hamas should recognize that the death penalty is cruel and inhuman and end it, even for serious national security crimes," Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement at the time.
"At the very least, Hamas should impose a moratorium on capital punishment due to consistent, credible allegations of coerced confessions and other serious due process violations in Gaza."
By CNN
updated 6:59 AM EDT, Sat April 7, 2012
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Three Palestinians are executed in Gaza, the Hamas government says
One is put to death for collaborating with Israel, Hamas says
Two others are hanged as convicted murderers
Rights groups have previously highlighted serious concerns over due process in Gaza
(CNN) -- Three Palestinians were hanged in Gaza on Saturday, one of them for "collaborating" with the Israelis, the territory's ruling Hamas government said.
The other two were convicted of murder, the Ministry of Interior and National Security statement said. One was also found guilty of one count of sodomy with a child under 16.
The sentences were carried out according to legal procedures and all three had exhausted their right to appeal, the statement said.
Hamas, a militant Islamist group, has controlled Gaza since 2007, when it seized power from the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority after a short-lived coalition government failed. Hamas had won legislative elections in January 2006.
Following the execution of two Palestinians last summer, also on charges of collaborating with Israel, rights group Human Rights Watch urged Hamas to impose a moratorium on the death penalty.
"Hamas should recognize that the death penalty is cruel and inhuman and end it, even for serious national security crimes," Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement at the time.
"At the very least, Hamas should impose a moratorium on capital punishment due to consistent, credible allegations of coerced confessions and other serious due process violations in Gaza."
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