A diabetic woman has spent at least three days in intensive care, after emergency surgery to remove part of her intestines damaged in a liposuction procedure that apparently went wrong.
The 60-year-old is now believed to be on the mend.
The Straits Times understands that she underwent the fat-removal procedure on her abdomen last Friday at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH), but still felt pain in the operation site two days later.
BACKGROUND STORY
Rules on liposuction
A patient must observe a seven-day 'cooling-off' period before each procedure so they can think through their decision to undergo it.
A patient must wait at least two weeks between two consecutive liposuction sessions.
Each repeat procedure on a patient must be performed in a surgical centre or hospital, and be treated as a separate procedure.
All staff involved must be trained in basic cardiac life support, and doctors in advanced cardiac life support. At least one registered nurse trained in sedation must be stationed in the recovery area.
Doctors must conduct peer reviews on liposuction procedures at least once every six months. These meetings are for them to come together to discuss each other's liposuction cases.
Doctors doing such peer reviews must be accredited by the Accreditation Committee of Liposuction under the Ministry of Health or be authorised to do liposuction in surgical centres or hospitals.
Sources said a scan on Sunday showed traumatic injury to her intestines.
Source: The Straits Times
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