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A 23-year-old Korean staying in Japan visited Seoul in May for a nose and jawline surgery. The clinic she chose was located in the affluent district of Gangnam, which boasted raving reviews and dramatic before-and-after images on its website.
Little did she know that it was the same clinic where a college student went brain-dead during rhinoplasty -- nose job surgery -- less than a year ago.
“It was a miracle that my daughter survived. But a doctor should not gamble with a patient’s life,” her mother told The Korea Herald.
She said she learned of the earlier incident only after the operation that put her daughter in a coma for several days.
“We did not have access to this kind of information because we don’t live here. I suppose most patients from abroad are in a similar position,” she said.
Her daughter, who underwent three procedures from 2:15 p.m. on May 9 for nearly eight hours, was rushed to an emergency room after a cardiac arrest at around 10:58 p.m. She was in an intensive care unit for 10 days before she recovered consciousness.
“The doctor told me she would not be able to walk out on her own,” the mother said. “When I asked what he meant, he said, ‘You know, like Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee.’”
“I thought it was the most heart-breaking thing a parent could hear.”