A 23-year-old girl, Destiny Benjamin, has been reported dead four days after undergoing a hip surgery, popularly known as Brazilian Butt Lift, BBL, at Cynosure Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Lagos.
Various social media platforms have been awash with the viral video of the procedure since her death.
Confirming the development, the owner of Cynosure Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Dr Ogbe Omoruyi, denied the allegation that the lady died in the hospital during the surgery.
Omoruyi who explained that the deceased underwent the surgery on March 8th 2023, which he said went well, and had complained of difficulty in breathing a few days later.
The Plastic surgeon said the deceased was placed on oxygen and was stabilized before she was referred to an Intensive care unit, which is 10 minutes away from its facility.
Omoruyi also revealed that the patient was referred to the Genesis Specialists hospital, Ikeja GRA, Lagos State, where she gave up the ghost.
He said: “She is a 23 years old girl according to what she wrote on documents. She had a surgery and after that she was fine, her surgery went well.
“I can show you in our case note to show that everything was fine.
however, after days, she was having difficulty breathing. We placed her on oxygen and she was stabilized before we referred her to an Intensive care unit, which is 10 minutes away from our facility.
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“Unfortunately, as we all know, surgery has its own risk, and if you ask any professional doctor or surgeon, who knows about life consumption and tractions, it is very easy to think that she could have fat embolism or clot embolism, but she had difficulty breathing.
“A very important investigation was done. It is
called CT Pulmonary Angiogram. This can detect any clot that is present within
the pulmonary system.
“The test was done in the facility where she was referred to. When I was informed and showed the results, it was said that she didn’t have an embolism.
“Her cousin, Sunset, was with her after her surgery. They went around because they were together. She came here to see her and they took pictures together, moving around the clinic compound two days later.
“However or unfortunately, an autopsy hasn’t been done; I don’t know if the family is going to consent to that, I mean the autopsy to see the exact cause of her death.”
Contrary to social media reports that the medical clinic recorded five deaths in a year, Ogbe said only two deaths have been recorded in the clinic, noting that it happened in the year 2018 and 2021.
He said: “This can be verified under the Local Government because all Local governments have Primary Health centers where practitioners give reports on the death toll. So, we have only two recorded deaths.”
“The family of the deceased have not reported to the police authorities.”
However, efforts to get Genesis Specialist Hospital’s reaction proved unsuccessful.
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