[Trust but Verify]

So she got a terrible infection, necessitating the amputations, and she wants information from the hospital as to whether this has happened there before, so she can sue them. The hospital is refusing because telling her about other cases would mean they'd have to discuss other patients.

That's WAY different than the original article. She doesn't want to know 'why?', she wants to know, "Are there others like me?"

[GummyIII]

She wants to know if there are others, and from all the articles I've read, probably "why", too. And she isn't suing, yet. She's simply trying to get information. However, I would suspect she wants the information to help her with an eventual lawsuit. I really don't know from the information given, so I am speculating.

[kenth]

That's WAY different than the original article. She doesn't want to know 'why?', she wants to know, "Are there others like me?"

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Yep, she wants names for testimony purposes. Sounds like a fishing trip. Since the hospital cannot on the basis of privacy issues, she and her lawyer are probably hoping the publicity will have former patients come forward.