Venezuelan died in Colombia after undergoing cosmetic surgery and relatives denounced malpractice

A 46-year-old Venezuelan woman died in a clinic in Barranquilla, Colombiaafter undergoing cosmetic surgery.

According to information provided by relatives, Dilay Danissa Escalante Contreraswho had US citizenship and had lived in Miami for 15 years, went to the health center for a surgical procedure last Thursday, April 21.

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“She came to reduce her stomach. She was operated on by Dr. Carlos Sales Puccini at the Reina Catalina Clinic. After the procedure and when he was discharged, we went to the apartment where we were staying, which is by the Buenavista shopping center. She was there when she told us that she felt very bad ”commented Xiomara Contreras, aunt of the deceased.

As reported by the newspaper The nation, Contreras indicated that after her relative was discharged, the doctor went to where she was staying Dilay Escalante because it presented “much pain”.

“They did gastric dilations for three consecutive days. And yesterday (Wednesday) when we were with the doctor in the apartment again, she told him that she couldn’t take it anymore. To which he replied that it was normal due to the operation.he explained.

However, the woman got worse that Thursday morning, so they proceeded to call the doctor again. The doctor saw her and sent her for an X-ray, but they couldn’t do it.

Relatives of a Venezuelan woman who died in Colombia after undergoing surgery they demand justice

“We were with a nurse who works with him. We told him to call him and tell him that we were not going to be able to take her to Reina Catalina, and that is why we took her to the Ibero-American Clinic. We called a friend to take us in her car and when we were on the way she turned pale, she rolled her eyes, and she no longer responded ”narrated Xiomara Contreras.

Arriving at the emergency room, they tried to revive her, but Escalante Contreras He had suffered cardiac arrest and died.

“We called him to make an appearance and when he wanted to come he had already told us that my niece was dead. We want justice to be done.” cried out Contreras before the URI of the Prosecutor’s Office, where he filed a complaint.

He added that after filing the complaint, they found that the specialist had other investigations from previous years for alleged irregular procedures. In fact, the Supreme Court of Justice ordered him to pay compensation to the family of a patient who died.

For his part, surgeon Carlos Sales assured that in his 20-year career he has operated on some 8,600 bariatric surgery patients. And he said Dilay was out “very well” of his intervention.

Source: Elcomercio

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