Dh10m damages for botched nose-job

Two doctors, technician, charged with medical malpractice, get jail

The Dubai Civil Court ordered three medics and a surgery centre in Dubai who conducted a nose-job that left an Emirati woman in coma, to pay Dh10 million compensation.

The doctors who worked at a day surgery centre were convicted for medical malpractice that led to the permanent disability of 25-year-old Rawdha Abdullah Al Maeeni.

Earlier last year, Dubai Cassation Court upheld the oneyear prison sentence for the 59-year-old ENT (ear, nose and throat) surgeon from the Dominican Republic, 65-year-old anaesthetist from Syria and 69-year-old technician, also from Syria. They will be deported after they serve their prison terms. The medical centre has been fined Dh300,000.

Final medical report

Emirati lawyer Isa Bin Haidar, representing the Emirati girl’s family, tweeted that Dubai Court ordered a Dh10 million compensation for the girl’s family over the moral and materialistic damages.

Dubai Public Prosecution said the final medical report, presented to the investigation team on November 20, 2019, confirmed that the medical staff committed a medical mistake. Investigations revealed that the incident happened on April 23, 2019, when Rawdha, a first year master’s student of hospital management, checked into a Dubai cosmetic surgery centre for a rhinoplasty as she had difficulty in breathing.

Prosecution said that the ENT doctor told her that she suffered from septotlasty and he did the surgery at a oneday surgery centre, which wasn’t equipped to conduct such surgeries. The investigation confirmed that the medical staff committed a serious medical mistake which resulted in multiple disabilities.