“The patient came in unstable and was bleeding in the currents.” With these words, the doctor from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in Last Epases (Mallorca) being treated Fatima Cherkaoui after undergoing liposuction surgery that led to her death This Wednesday the patient described the condition he received. Doctor, the bleeding he presented compatible with “arterial bleeding”.
In the first hearing of the case, which has been held at the 3rd High Criminal Court since Wednesday, the surgeon and anesthesiologist who intervened in the victim were seen. Both defended their practices in the intervention and denied that their actions were related to his death. The prosecutor is demanding three years’ imprisonment each for negligent manslaughter and 240,000 euros in compensation for the deceased’s children. While the private prosecution carried out by Victims of Sanitary Neglect Association (Avinesa) via lawyer Rafael Martín Bueno 4 years in prison for each accused on behalf of the victim reckless murder and neglect of charity and half a million euros in compensation to the children.
“Normal procedure”
The doctor who treated Fátima Cherkaoui only answered questions from her lawyer, Jaime Campaner. In her short speech, she underlined that she had completed Masters and courses, which fully qualified her to perform a surgery like liposuction, which she had done for Fátima Cherkaoui. “The technique has not changed for 15 years”, pointed. In this sense, he stated that he “followed a normal procedure. Nothing different from what was done hundreds of times” was emphasized.
meanwhile he anesthesiologist present They said they couldn’t find it. “no abnormality” On the patient until the surgery is almost over. In this sense, he stated that the patient had a heart attack, but they managed to treat it. “heal and balance”.
In the prosecutor’s indictment, the doctors’ indictment during the fatal liposuction procedure performed on 45-year-old Fátima Cherkaoui at the Palma Surgical Clinic on March 6, 2017. “careless behavior” with “absolute neglect of necessary care” and take action “negligently”