A 70 year old woman was preparing to undergo a minimally invasive hemorrhoid treatment procedure
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/01/28
By: Duncan DeAeth, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Another death was reported last week involving a plastic
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surgery clinic in Taipei, this week. On Jan. 25 reports emerged about a 70 year old woman who suffered what appeared to be a cardiac shock before being administered anesthesia for a standard hemorrhoid surgery.
A 70 year old woman, surnamed Jiang (江) was preparing for her operation at the Instyle plastic surgery clinic in Taipei on Zhong Hsiao East rd. on Jan. 15, at approximately 1 p.m. According to reports, she had not yet received the anesthesia for her operation, but was preparing to do so in the operating room, when she suddenly went into cardiac arrest.
Although she was rushed to a hospital and successfully resuscitated once nearly an hour after the emergency began, her condition continued to deteriorate and she was pronounced dead at National Taiwan University Hospital shortly after 8 p.m. that evening, reports Liberty Times. [FULL STORY]
