Probe Into TV Star's Death(pornstar) After Breast Op

[Viva Las Espuelas]

To keep with today's theme of breasts.......

Stories on different outlets have info that the other one doesn't have. One website said they everyone, alive, in the OR is giving a different account of events. Oops.
Pretty sad what she went through.
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Doctors who carried out a sixth breast enlargement on a German reality TV star who later died are being investigated for possible manslaughter.
Cora Berger had two heart attacks during the surgery to boost her chest from a 34F to 34G earlier this month.
There are claims she was deprived of oxygen for 15 minutes during the operation at a clinic in Hamburg.
The 23-year-old adult film star had been in an artificial coma since January 11 but never recovered.
Prosecutors have launched a probe and there will be a post mortem next week, according to German newspaper Bild.
The paper said Ms Berger's plastic surgeon and anaesthetist were being investigated for alleged manslaughter.
The senseless death of Big Brother star Cora shocks the whole of Germany.
German newspaper Bild
Berger, from Berlin, whose real name was Carolin, became well-known after appearing on Germany's version of Big Brother.
She raised eyebrows with her erotic antics in the house last year, which included stripping off and massaging other women.
The actress had a series of breast enlargements after the show in a bid to keep the publicity going.
She went under the knife for the last time at the Alster Clinic and was having 800g (28oz) of silicon injected into each breast.
But her heart stopped beating during the operation. She suffered brain damage and was put into an induced coma.
The tabloid's headline read: "The senseless death of Big Brother star Cora shocks the whole of Germany.
"(Her) frail, 48kg (106lb) body struggled against death for 224 hours. She lost. Cora is dead."
Husband Tim Wosnitza said: "The doctors told me that she wouldn't make it. The brain damage was too big.
"Her blood pressure was falling and her bodily functions were failing one after the other."
Hamburg tabloid Morgenpost said the actress had recently returned from a cruise to Dubai with her husband.
Her previous five operations were reportedly done at a private clinic in Poland which refused to admit her for a sixth time.
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[JudynTX]

she was deprived of oxygen for 15 minutes

Damn

[The Reckoning]

darwinism at play

[The Gemini Method]

Thanks for keeping us abreast on this tragedy...

[mrsmaalox]

Yup it's a bummer when stuff like that happens. Anesthesia accidents are rare, thankfully, but every time you get put under there's always the risk you won't wake up. To request to be put under, and to agree to put someone under, for something so frivolous and unnecessary is just plain stupid.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Is that something that is explained to the patient?

[mrsmaalox]

Is that something that is explained to the patient?

It's required by law in most states. Informed consent is also mandated by the AMA's Code of Medical Ethics. Don't know how it is in Germany though.

[Jekka]

Is that something that is explained to the patient?

Yes. They explain all of that and make you sign a form that says you know the risks before they will put you under (unless it's emergency surgery and you're not conscious, in which case those risks are still explained to your next of kin who have to sign papers).

Edit: That was my understanding as per one of my friends who had surgery in Germany about 5 years ago.

[I. Hustle]

I bet they felt like boobs after the way they handled that situation

[Summers]

Is that something that is explained to the patient?

The hospital gives you detailed lists of all the ways in which you might die during surgery and you have to sign multiple waivers stating you understand the risk and won't sue the hospital. It's quite daunting, because you're not sure how to separate the real danger from the legal stuff. You go in for a c-section and you have to sign 15 pages of "You might die."

[lil'mo]

deserved to die. this is like kanyes mom. no sympathy whatsoever

[Viva Las Espuelas]

The hospital gives you detailed lists of all the ways in which you might die during surgery and you have to sign multiple waivers stating you understand the risk and won't sue the hospital. It's quite daunting, because you're not sure how to separate the real danger from the legal stuff. You go in for a c-section and you have to sign 15 pages of "You might die."

Damn. Are you serious?