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An ailing Upper East Side woman accused of stabbing her home health aide was wheeled into court hooked to an oxygen mask at her arraignment Wednesday - as her attorneys argued that she's too sick to stay at Rikers Island.

 (She's) literally bent over 45 degrees from physical illnesses,  defense attorney Toni Messina cried about wheelchair-bound Barbara Salberg, 66, who pleaded not guilty to stabbing her 54-year-old female aid in a ritzy Upper East Side co-op building on Aug. 8.

3 Upper East Sider Barbara Salberg, 68, was seen hooked to an oxygen mask as she was arraigned on attempted murder charges Wednesday in Manhattan Supreme Court. Steven Hirsch for NY Post

Salberg - who apparently battles lung disease, blood disorder and other ailments - was trying to make a bid for home detention, as she remains locked up on $100,000 bail.

Manhattan prosecutors told Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Cori Weston not to be fooled by the elderly woman's appearance, saying she had every intention of killing her poor aide.

3 Manhattan prosecutors said Barbara Salberg told the victim that she was going to  kill  her. Steven Hirsch for NY Post

 (She said),  This is the knife I'm going to kill you with,  Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Kaleigh Shea said, as prosecutors tried to increase Salberg's bail to $200,000.

Prosecutors also said the crazed woman also called the victim a  crazy b-ch  after stabbing her in the abdomen, calling the attack  clearly intentional. 

The new details come after Salberg allegedly knifed the home aide in the stomach in a first-floor apartment at 210 East 73rd St. after the pair argued over an oxygen mask, sources had told The Post.

Salberg, who appeared frail as she blew kisses to family seated in the audience, claimed she's not getting the care she needs at the city's notorious jail, and has relatives who could take care of her, her attorney argued.

 She can't get around, she's not going to run away,  Messina said of her client.

3 Salberg's attorney said she's too sick to remain at Rikers Island. Steven Hirsch for N

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