On Thursday, Cynosure Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, a popular
Lagos cosmetic clinic, tightened its security and shut its gates to visitors
after being called out by a lady over the alleged death of their client.
Christabel, a Port-Harcourt-based socialite, allegedly died
at the hospital after an unsuccessful bum and breast surgery.
The news, which stirred several reactions on social media,
was posted by a Twitter user identified as @poshcupcake_1, who claimed to be
Christabel’s closest friend.
Her friend claimed on Twitter that before Christabel’s
death, she complained to the clinic that did her surgery that she was bleeding.
The friend claimed the clinic told Christabel it was an
average post-surgery experience and the bleeding will stop. Sadly, it proved
fatal.
She said when friends didn’t hear from Christabel for days;
they searched at the hospital where she went for the surgery, and the hospital
allegedly gave them a letter showing that her body had been deposited at the
morgue.
The friend said the hospital did not contact any of
Christabel’s relatives to let them know of her death until they went to the
hospital.
Accusing the hospital of alleged medical negligence, she
emphasised that “neglecting her no care whatsoever! Are you sick! The most
annoying part here is that this gal died days ago without anybody knowing, and
the Hospital did not find it needful to contact any of her relatives.
The first fame on their page is actually her! They have blocked all the comment, because her friends where commenting and seeking for justice, for days now the hospital have not released any letters on their page about her, because they don’t want the public to know about it.
— MISS POSHA🇳🇬 PROUDLY IGBO (@poshcupcake_1) June 1, 2022
“I want to bring this to the public. A friend just died at
this hospital in Lagos, Nigeria, a few days ago. Where she underwent surgery.
Now I’m not against anybody that wants to enhance their body or anything as
such, is your body life and choice, So do want your love -”
Sharing videos of the doctor who conducted the surgery and
the hospital’s Instagram and contact, she identified an Instagram post on the
hospital’s handle as the body of her late friend.
“The first fame on their page is her! They blocked all the comments because her friends commented and sought justice. The hospital has not released any letters on their page about her for days because they don’t want the public to know about it.”
I want to bring this to the public, A friend friend just died at this hospital in Lagos Nigeria, few days ago. where she underwent surgery. Now I’m not against anybody that want to enhance their body or anything as such, is your body life and choice, So do want you love - pic.twitter.com/DIdv4CJz4u
— MISS POSHA🇳🇬 PROUDLY IGBO (@poshcupcake_1) June 1, 2022
Clinic’s Press
Statement
After monitoring the hospital’s Instagram for hours, the
domestic clinic released an official press statement on its page on Thursday,
at about 5:30 pm.
The statement explains the hospital’s position about the
death of the patient, who had been in the hospital since May 24.
It reads in part, ” it has been a horrible period for the
management of Cynosure Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Clinics as we mourn the death
of our dear client.”
“The client had surgery with it seven days ago.”
The management wrote that the client was investigated
correctly pre-surgery.
“Her blood level was adequate, and her renal and liver
function were normal.”
According to the clinic’s statement, she was seen walking
around, fully ambulatory. The clinic also claims to have shared the video where
she was seen walking around with her family.
The clinic said she was due for discharge on the fourth day
after the surgery.
It further stated, “On the fourth day during the ward
rounds, it was observed that she was systematically anaemic despite earlier
attempts to prevent that, which included an initial blood transfusion on
post-OP Day 2, which went successful without any incident.”
According to the clinic’s report, she had a blood
transfusion on Monday.
The clinic stated that the patient developed complications
after the transfusion.
The clinic said, “She suffered an infrequent acute blood
transfusion reaction evidenced by the dark coloured urine produced and findings
on chest examination.”
According to the clinic’s report, she was promptly attended
to with life-saving intervention and was observed to be clinically improving.
“As the day progressed, she took a turn as her lung function
was no longer clinically improving.”
The clinic noted that the complication started on Tuesday
and lasted till Wednesday when the patient died.
The clinic said they contacted the patient’s next of kin but
could not reach her because of a wrongly copied phone contact.
However, the clinic broke the news to the patient’s family
on Wednesday.
Authorities reactions
This paper contacted the Head of Public Relations at the
Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), Ondaje Ijagwu,
who said the commission is investigating the matter.
“We just got the news today, and the commission is already
investing in this matter, and we would let the public know about our findings,”
He said.
A similar incident occurred in November 2020, when Dr Anu
Adepoju was suspended from the medical profession in Nigeria following multiple
claims of malpractice and botched surgeries at her plastic surgery clinic, Med
Contour.
Several women who went to Med Contour for cosmetic surgery complained about having complications that they still suffer. A particular patient was rushed to LUTH and eventually died after being operated upon by Dr Anu.
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