A number of followers of the Kansas City Chiefs who attended a playoff recreation on a bitterly chilly January day in Missouri suffered frostbite that required amputations, in accordance with the hospital that handled them.
Twelve folks — together with some soccer followers who had been at Arrowhead Stadium on Jan. 13 — needed to bear amputations involving largely fingers and toes, the hospital, Analysis Medical Middle in Kansas City, stated in an announcement on Saturday.
The middle stated it handled dozens of sufferers who skilled frostbite throughout an 11-day chilly snap. Not the entire sufferers who had amputations attended the Chiefs recreation. Some had been individuals who labored outdoor within the excessive chilly, the hospital stated.
The precise variety of followers who attended the sport who had amputations was unclear. The hospital stated there was some overlap among the many followers and those that had additionally labored outdoor.
The hospital additionally famous that signs of frostbite can develop slowly, and that most of the frostbite sufferers it handled couldn’t determine when their accidents occurred — when their ache, numbness and different signs started.
The hospital stated it was a document variety of frostbite sufferers for the reason that burn middle opened 11 years in the past.