FOX4KC.com is reporting that the medical director at the Grossman Burn Center at Research Medical Center in Kansas City says 70% of patients referred for frostbite injuries suffered during the bitter cold in January are now being advised to schedule amputations.
The majority of them are Chiefs fans who attended the team’s frigid playoff game against the Miami Dolphins.
Dr. Megan Garcia, Grossman’s medical director, told FOX4 in January she’d already seen dozens of frostbite patients. Many of those were Chiefs fans who attended the playoff game against the Miami Dolphins on Jan. 13, where the temperature was minus-4 degrees with a wind chill of minus-27 degrees at kickoff.
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