Every day, hundreds of diabetics have no choice but to have part of a leg or foot amputated.
The good news is that The Save A Leg, Save A Life Foundation in Ponte Vedra is working hard to bring those numbers down and they just got a big donation.
Next Science, a medical tech company based in Jacksonville, has just given the nonprofit a $300,000 product donation that’s really going to help.
“We are determined to reduce lower leg amputations, leveraging all relationships and resources to make this happen,” Dr. Desmond Bell, executive director for The Save A Leg, Save A Life Foundation, said.
In the U.S., these infections contribute to approximately 500,000 deaths each year and cost an estimated $94 billion to treat.