COSMETIC SURGERY IN THAILAND CAN KILL

A Briton died during a corrective procedure Thursday evening at a cosmetic surgery clinic in the northern Lat Phrao district of the capital where she previously underwent liposuction, police lieutenant Chaleang Inthip told AFP.
The 24-year-old patient stopped breathing after receiving an anaesthetic during the operation on Thursday night, according to Boonruang Triruangworawat, director-general of the health service support department.
“She visited the clinic for liposuction on October 14 and came back yesterday after contracting an infection… She died at the clinic at around 9:30 pm,” he said.
The surgeon who operated on her has been detained in a Bangkok prison for causing death through negligence, a charge which carries a maximum of 10 years in jail, Chaleang said.
The British Embassy in Bangkok said Friday it was “aware of reports of the death of a British national in Bangkok on 23 October”.

Source:  AFP.