A 23-year-old lady, Destiny Benjamin, has been reported dead four days after a hip surgery, popularly known as Brazilian Butt Lift, BBL, at Cynosure Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Lagos.

Confirming the development, the hospital CEO Dr. Ogbe Omoruyi, denied the allegation that the lady died in the hospital during the surgery.

“She is a 23 years old girl according to what she wrote on documents. She had a surgery and after that she was fine, her surgery went well.

I can show you in our case note to show that everything was fine”. Said Omoruyi.

“However, after days she was having difficulty breathing. We placed her on oxygen and she was stabilised before we referred her to an intensive care unit, which is 10 minutes away from our facility.

“Unfortunately, as we all know, surgery has its own risk. if you ask any professional doctor or surgeon, who knows about life consumptions and tractions. it is very easy to think that she could have fat embolism or clot embolism. but she had difficulty breathing”. He explained.

“Her cousin, Sunset, was with her after her surgery. They went around because they were together. She came here to see her and they took pictures together, moving around the clinic compound two days later.

“This is to let you know that she was fine after the surgery.

“However or unfortunately, an autopsy hasn’t been done; I don’t know if the family is going to consent to that.” He said.