Woman goes through six cosmetic surgeries in one day, loses her life in China

In a shocking incident, a Chinese woman died after undergoing six cosmetic surgeries in a span of 24 hours after which her family filed a lawsuit against the clinic and sought 1.2 million yuan (US$168,000) as compensation.

The woman, who belonged to a rural area in Guigang, Guangxi province in southern China, had gone to a clinic in Nanning on December 9, 2020.

The woman had taken a loan of more than 40,000 yuan (US$5,600) for financing six cosmetic procedures.

On the afternoon of December 9, the woman spent five hours on double eyelid surgery and a nose job.

After this, she went through a liposuction procedure on her things and got fat injected in her face and breasts which also continued for five hours the next morning.

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However, when the woman was discharged, she suddenly collapsed in front of the lift in the clinic.

The woman was taken to The Second Nanning People’s Hospital where doctors failed to save her.

In the autopsy report, it was mentioned that the woman died from “acute respiratory failure due to pulmonary embolism after liposuction”.

Family sues the clinic over woman's death

When the woman died, she had an eight-year-old daughter and a four-year-old son. The woman's family members filed a case against the clinic at Jiangnan District People’s Court of Nanning City and sought compensation of 1.18 million yuan (US$251,000).

“The clinic offered me 200,000 yuan as compensation. I said that at least one million yuan should be given for a person’s death. Even if we split the responsibility, it should still be at least 500,000 yuan. I refused their private settlement, and I said we should just go to court," said Liu’s husband.

After the hearings, the court was finally asked to pay 590,000 yuan ($82,181) to the woman's family as compensation.

“The assessment concluded that the clinic failed to assess the risk of venous blood embolism, identifying certain errors in their medical practices that were causally related to the patient’s death,” said Li Shan, who is a judge at Jiangnan District People’s Court of Nanning City.

Here's how netizens reacted to the incident

The state media CCTV reported the incident which garnered more than 50 million views on social media and also received severe backlash.

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“Six surgeries in one day? Does the clinic have no common sense? Did they not consider the risk of complications, especially with liposuction, which can easily lead to blood clots?” said a person on the social media platform.

“This clinic has no conscience! They persuaded a rural woman to take 40,000 yuan in loan for cosmetic surgery. This is outrageous! And then they botched the procedures and even haggle over compensation. Are they even human?” wrote another.

“Dying in the pursuit of beauty. This is really beyond extreme,” said a third netizen.

(With inputs from agencies)