ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Ala. ( WALA ) - An Atmore prison inmate claimed a local doctor cut off too many of his toes.

Deamfus Kimble, who is an inmate at the Fountain Correctional Facility in Atmore, filed a civil complaint for medical malpractice in the circuit court of Escambia County, Alabama on July 30.

The document said Kimble was bitten by a spider last year and was given antibiotics by the prison healthcare provider.

Kimble said the infection from his spider bite spread, sending him to a doctor’s appointment where he immediately was taken back for surgery.

Before surgery, Kimble said the doctor gave him the option to remove all his toes on the infected foot, but he agreed to have just his big toe removed.

According to this complaint, Kimble said the surgery happened at a local doctor

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