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Colorado plastic surgeon sentenced to 15 days in jail in teen patient’s death
(www.denverpost.com)
this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2023
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Breast augmentation patient coded mid-procedure. Doctor attempted resuscitation for 5 hours before calling 911. Doctor then did not immediately allow EMS to access the patient upon arrival.
He didn't exactly kill her, so much as failed to respond appropriately when she died.
He also prevented anyone else from calling 911...
15 days is a joke.
It's not just that he didn't act, he prevented others from acting.
The article says he successfully resuscitated her. But then he just, like, kept her for five hours instead of calling 911 (I'm assuming she was unconscious the whole time), and this is the issue, because she fell into a coma and died 14 months later. So the question is, did preventing her from receiving emergency care contribute to her coma and death? And it seems like the answer is yes.