AN 89-year-old survivor of a Nazi concentration camp has found herself in a slasher film scenario, as doctors in Russia amputated both of her legs — and her son says one of them was healthy.

Maria Dronova was hospitalized early this month with a severe gangrene to a hospital in the city of Voronezh.

Her condition was so serious that removal of her right leg remained the only way to save the woman’s life.

The surgery took place on the previous weekend and was successful, according to the hospital. But when Andrey Dronov came to visit his mother, he was shocked to find out that the healthy left leg was gone, and not the infected right one.

Moreover, instead of just amputating the foot as was initially planned, the surgeons cut off the leg all the way to the mid-thigh.

Andrey told local media that the doctors initially acknowledged their horrific mistake to him, but then tried to cover it up. The medical referral, stating that the right leg should be cut off, has disappeared from the files in the hospital, he claimed.

The gangrenous limb still had to be amputated and a few days later Maria underwent another surgery, losing her second leg as well.

Dronova had a heroic life. She was captured by Nazis during WWII and survived captivity in a concentration camp until she was liberated in 1945 at the age of 16. She went on to become a math teacher, loved by her pupils and respected by colleagues.

Andrey vowed to do everything to see those responsible for mutilating his mother face punishment, making appeals to the police and the prosecutor’s office. A criminal case over causing grievous bodily harm due to negligent execution of professional duties was launched Thursday.

The surgeons defended themselves by saying that amputation of both legs was needed due to the patient’s condition.

Local health authorities have backed the surgeons’ account. However, there has been no explanation as to why the left leg, which was clearly in better shape, had to be amputated first.

The incident caused a heated debate online, with many commentators choosing to attack the surgeons.

“That’s the doctors we have now. They can’t tell left from right,” one of them said.

(SD-Agencies)

The bidders weren’t just people with large pockets. Sandra and Gary McClellan, for example, nabbed several items related to Armstrong’s experimental test pilot phase, when he flew the X-15, a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by NASA and the U.S. Air Force. The pieces were important to the Fort Worth couple, Sandra said, because Gary was an experimental test pilot, like Armstrong.

“We appreciate things that came from back then,” Sandra McClellan said. Gary jumped in, finishing her train of thought.

“No one else is the first guy” on the moon, he said.

The couple bid with enthusiasm Thursday, Sandra’s hand shooting up so quickly for items — such as a plaque presented to Armstrong for the final X-15 flight — that several times she accidentally tried to outbid herself. They celebrated each win with a kiss, which always generated applause from the small crowd.

The couple has a solid collection of space memorabilia, Sandra said, and the items they took home Thursday would make it even stronger.

Bill Cress, CEO of SpaceExcess.com, a website that sells space-related items, also was bidding in Heritage’s Dallas showroom Thursday. He specifically was looking at the Wright Flyer pieces, as well as Armstrong’s vintage cameras.

“I saw some things that were interesting enough to peak my interest, both personally and for my company,” said Cress, who came all the way from New Jersey to attend the auction.

(SD-Agencies)