Parents File Lawsuit Against Doctor & Nurse After Daughter Is Left In Coma From Breast Surgery
Parents of 18-year-old Emmalyn Nguyen have decided to file a lawsuit after their teen daughter allegedly went into a coma following breast enhancement surgery.
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According to the lawsuit, Nguyen‘s parents allege that their 18-year-old daughter has been in a coma since her surgery back in August. The parents filed the lawsuit against Dr. Geoffrey Kim and nurse anesthetist Rex Meeker, who allegedly administered anesthesia before the surgery. The parents accuses them of
negligence, claiming they left Emmalyn “unobserved” for 15 minutes after putting her under the anesthesia. They believe that during those 15 minutes, something went wrong with the anesthesia, according to the lawsuit filed in Boulder County Court.
David Woodruff, the attorney representing Nguyen’s parents, told PEOPLE that,
“It appears that Emmalyn stopped breathing because of improper anesthesia, administered by a nurse instead of an anesthesiologist. But the worst thing is she appears to have been left unattended, not breathing, for up to 15 minutes. It caused her to suffer a massive anoxic brain injury.”
The lawsuit also claims that since August, the Colorado teen has lived “in a permanent ‘semi-conscious’ state” and faces “permanent mental and physical impairment” adding that the teen now requires constant care, including a permanent feeding tube.
Nguyen had went into cardiac arrest and stopped breathing after going under the anesthesia before the surgery even began, the lawsuit alleges. Woodruff told the news site that staff at the doctors office allegedly performed CPR on Nguyen twice, and waited five-and-a-half hours before calling 911! Nguyen’s parents were not immediately told that their daughter had gone into cardiac arrest, Woodruff alleges.
“It is incomprehensible that a team of medical professionals, including a plastic surgeon, a nurse-anesthetist, and multiple nurses, would not call 911 for five and a half hours after performing CPR on their patient who had gone into cardiac arrest twice,” he said.
Attorney Douglas Wolanske, who represents Rex Meeker, denies the allegation, telling KDVR:
“Mr. Meeker’s care was reasonable and within the standard of care and we are confident that the facts will bear this out.”
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