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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: theking on December 23, 2019, 01:06:33 AM
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..research fully and understand all aspects of the procedure:
"18-year-old Emmalyn Nguyen's planned breast-enhancement surgery in August went wrong, putting her in a coma-like, vegetative state in which she has remained since, her parents allege in a lawsuit.
Emmalyn Nguyen's parents allege negligence in a lawsuit filed in Arapahoe County Court against the doctor and nurse who allegedly administered anesthesia to the young woman before her Aug. 1 surgery."
The lawsuit says that the pair, Dr. Geoffrey Kim and nurse anesthetist Rex Meeker, left Nguyen "unobserved" for 15 minutes after putting her under anesthesia, which the parents claim is contrary to medical best practices.
After:
(https://media4.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2019_51/3157901/191221-emmalyn-nguyen-al-1313_60d20887dd6242aa8cd38465c7eb9a8b.fit-360w.jpg)
Before: (https://media2.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2019_51/3157886/191221-emmalyn-nguyen-al-1315_60d20887dd6242aa8cd38465c7eb9a8b.fit-560w.jpg)