A policewoman tragically died after her botched plastic surgery went horribly wrong – as her heartbroken family demand an urgent investigation. Yarli Zulay Merino Gomez, 21, underwent liposculpture which focuses on precise contouring and sculpting of the body. She attended a private clinic last Saturday afternoon and suffered complications for the surgery that same night.
She was rushed to a hospital where doctors desperately tried to save her life. During the early hours of April 20, Yarli stopped breathing. Her body was removed from the hospital and transferred to a forensic centre so that an autopsy could be carried out.
The results disclosing Yarli’s cause of death have not yet been released. Police are investigating her death. Yarli’s family have demanded that justice be served, and have called for a thorough investigation into the circumstances of her death.
The young woman underwent the surgery in the Santa Domingo aera, in the Dominican Republic. She held the rank of police officer, and was known for her commitment to service in the area of Paj n, where she lived.
It comes after mum-of-two tragically died after a man who allegedly posed as a plastic surgeon on TikTok attempted to remove her butt implants in his home. María Paz Peñaloza, 31, went to have her implants removed on March 28, at Felipe Hoyos-Foronda’s so-called liposuction clinic.
Prosecutors allege that during the procedure, Hoyos-Foronda, who claimed to be a certified doctor from Colombia, administered lidocaine to Penaloza through a syringe.
Within minutes of being injected with the local anaesthetic to numb the area, María suffered a cardiac arrest, according to a complaint filed in Queens Criminal Court. The mum, from New York, who has a three-year-old son and a baby, was rushed to intensive care at The Mount Sinai Hospital, where she was listed in critical condition.
Court documents show that she was later declared brain-dead, and on April 11, two weeks after the procedure, María died. Further details on her medical condition and the cause of her death are yet to be confirmed by officials.
However, prosecutors from the Queens District Attorney’s Office believe it was lidocaine toxicity that could have caused her tragic death.
Lidocaine toxicity is the most common local anaesthetic used in medical practice, according to the National Library of Medicine.
It is typically safe to use, but when administered inappropriately or with large injections in extensive areas, it can be toxic. If a patient is given large doses of the drug through injections in the skin, this can also become toxic, which can be fatal.
Police said that Felipe Hoyos-Foronda, 38, was apprehended last month when he allegedly tried to make an escape to Colombia.
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