Botched Swedish breast job patient's file faked
Published: 26 Nov 10 08:51 CET | Print version
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The medical file of a woman from southern Sweden who remains in a coma three months after a botched breast augmentation procedure in Poland was changed after the surgery, media reports revealed on Friday.
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Four nurses blew the whistle on the changes to the case file three days after the surgery in Gdansk. A hospital director hid the note and suspicious case, the report said.
According to the false medical records, the Swedish woman woke up after the surgery in August, had contact with the staff and was able to orient herself.
In reality, however, the surgery resulted in the woman receiving a serious brain injury, leaving her in a coma from which she has not woken.
More information was also likely forged, Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza added.
The hospital director has not been able to explain her actions and has been dismissed. The incident has attracted intense scrutiny in the Polish news media and an investigation by prosecutors in Gdansk into the procedure is under way.
Swedish medical tourism company Medica Travel arranged the breast surgery at a clinic belonging to a state hospital in the Polish port city. However, the hospital does not have authorisation to operate on private foreign patients.
The 31-year-old woman received the surgery as a gift from her fiancé ahead of her wedding next year. She has since returned to Sweden and is now cared for at Skåne University Hospital. The possibility of her regaining consciousness is considered remote.
According to Polish authorities, the hospital in Gdansk could be liable for the unsuccessful operation.
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And to girls here, Please do not go for such nasty stuff, we love you and will keep loving you how you are & how you look like. Its not your fault OR any fault itself, what only matters is really how you are inside.
They say, date the one looks sexy but choose the best mom to your kids, choose the later side..
I can't agree we you more! well said.
what a gift death ?who will i blame Benny for giving or Christiana for accepting ,that's huge
Never trust a man who wants to change you.
Never try to change yourself just to please another.
Never trust life-and-death decisions made by people with political motives.
And although a doctor can bury his mistakes, when the doctor works for the government, the graves can become well-hidden indeed.
"The 31-year-old woman received the surgery as a gift from her fiancé ahead of her wedding next year."
She might have asked for them herself - or wanted them and he gave it thinking it would make her happy. Regardless, I think the poor guy has enough to deal with without being blamed for forcing her to have breast implants.
Just don´t.
Where´s the point? It ain´t about the tits, it ain´t about the legs.
It´s about the ARSE!
Yes, that would be correct. Understatement of the year.
But why go to Poland and why have the surgery?
Also, not to the Editor:
"leaving her in a coma from which she has not woken"
Clunky and wrong
How about... ...from which she has not awakened?
Do they offer arse implants? Mine's a little flat...I believe you Swedes call it påsröv.
Call your local supplier.