Woman had all 4 limbs amputated after eating fish with deadly bacteria: 'Almost lost her life'

A woman from California had all four of her limbs amputated after she ate some tilapia fish that was contaminated with a deadly bacteria, the New York Post reported.

Laura Barajas, a 40-year-old mother, had fallen ill after eating the fish that she had bought from a local market and cooked at home, her friends told the publication.

Barajas became sick days after eating the fish that she had purchased at a local market in San Jose and made for herself at home, her friend Anna Messina told KRON. According to reports, the deadly bacteria, Vibrio Vulnificus, present in the fish infected the woman after she ate the undercooked fish. The potentially fatal bacteria is found in raw seafood and seawater. Barajas had to be hospitalised for two months and recently underwent life-saving surgery.

“She almost lost her life. She was on a respirator,” Messina told the publication. “They put her into a medically induced coma. Her fingers were black, her feet were black her bottom lip was black. She had complete sepsis and her kidneys were failing... It’s just been really heavy on all of us. It’s terrible. This could’ve happened to any of us."