2 Pinoys face UAE court for woman's death in botched liposuction

MANILA, Philippines - Two Filipino health workers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are facing trial for their participation in an unsuccessful liposuction which caused the death of an Emirati woman.

Online news site Gulf News identified Wednesday the identity of the Filipino workers only with the initials of their names.

"R.M.", 38-year-old Filipino healthcare technician, and 33-year-old Filipina nurse, "N.C." were both charged with unlawfully practicing medicine, said the report.

In an interview with Gulf News, Chief Prosecutor Mohammad Ali Saeed Khalaf said that the 27-year-old Emirati woman was operated on by "unskilled and unspecialized people."

According to Khalaf, shortly after the surgery begun, the anesthesia doctor left the hospital for "a personal matter" followed shortly by the plastic surgeon.

The surgeon allegedly said the operation had "tired" him.

Dubai's Public Prosecution charged a 61-year-old British plastic surgeon and a 55-year-old Egyptian anesthesia doctor with professional misconduct, negligence and malpractice when they let less-skilled individuals to conduct the operation on the woman.

The report said that the doctors asked a Pakistani nurse to wake up the woman who was still under anesthesia. Medical reports cited this as the cause for the patient to stop breathing. -GMANews.TV

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