A plastic surgeon in Florida reportedly refused to call 911 when complications arose during his wife’s treatment.
According to the American news portal “Huff Post”, plastic surgeon Benjamin J. B. (41) from Florida turned himself in to the authorities on Monday. He is accused of negligent homicide. He did not want to call the emergency services during cosmetic surgery on his wife. The woman died a short time later in the hospital.
As the Huff Post reports, Hillary B. (33) was scheduled for several cosmetic procedures at her husband’s office on the morning of November 21, 2023. According to a complaint filed by the Florida Department of Health, the procedures to be performed included muscle tightening, scar corrections and lip injections.
During an interrogation, the records of which were made available to the Huff Post, employees at the practice told police about the hair-raising course of the operation that led to her seizure. She had taken a “handful” of pills before the operation. During the operation, the anesthetic ran out. The surgeon then instructed his staff to fill “two containers in a bowl” and inject the contents into his wife. This ultimately led to an overdose.
Several employees said they were going to call emergency services when the complications arose, but Benjamin J.B. told them to wait because he “wanted to try it himself,” according to police documents. Prosecutors identified the undiluted solution as lidocaine. The warrant states that the medical examiner determined complications of lidocaine poisoning as the cause of death, according to the newspaper.
When Hillary B. finally got to a hospital, her condition was initially stabilized, the “Huff Post” reports. Nevertheless, the woman did not regain consciousness and died in the intensive care unit. Marty E., the woman’s father, blamed his son-in-law for the tragic incident. “His ego and arrogance overshadowed the need for help and ultimately caused her death from a lack of oxygen to the brain,” the desperate father told the newspaper.
Young Germans in particular are increasingly opting for plastic surgery. In its annual report, the German Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (DGÄPC) notes an “enormous” increase in breast surgery on people under 30. In doing so, customers accept serious risks such as infections, irreparable breast asymmetries or implants slipping out of place.
According to the association, it is particularly worrying that more and more people are turning to so-called “beauty chains” for price reasons. The association criticizes the fact that these attract customers with “dumping offers” and sometimes do not have sufficient qualifications. This development is particularly noticeable in lip treatments.
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