UAE | Crime
Dubai-based plastic surgeon liable for medical malpractice
A court has found a medical centre and its plastic surgeon liable for a medical malpractice which left an Arab woman with a permanent disfigurement in her abdomen following a botched liposuction.
- By Bassam Za'za', Senior Reporter
- Published: 23:36 June 9, 2008
Dubai: A court has found a medical centre and its plastic surgeon liable for a medical malpractice which left an Arab woman with a permanent disfigurement in her abdomen following a botched liposuction.
The Dubai Civil Court ordered the Dubai-based centre and its British doctor to pay the Arab woman Dh60,000 in civil compensation for the moral, emotional, medical and financial damages she incurred following the failed liposuction.
The woman's advocate in the civil case Mohammad Al Shaiba of Al Bahr Advocates and Legal Consultants, told Gulf News following Monday's ruling: "We were seeking Dh500,000 in civil compensation... however, we will appeal the initial verdict and seek a higher compensation because my client sustained an inverted T-scar disfigurement and swelling in her abdomen. Doctors told her it's a permanent deformity."
Share this article
Popular in UAE
-
Your pictures
Readers' pictures
A Selection of the best Gulf News reader pictures this week
Latest news
- Teacher jailed for indecent behaviour
- Forum seeks more reforms to human trafficking law
- Crackdown urged on drink driving
- Disability is no handicap for this Emirati
- Shaikh Khalifa revamps security council
- Exhibition to showcase UAE art in New York
- Police officer injured during raid on brothels
- Waiters tamper with orders, cheat customers
- Queen praises UAE's role
- Noise pollution must be regulated
- Don't slaughter at home — municipality
- Sharjah intensifies food inspections for Eid
- UAE maintains economic status on global stage
- Gulf News wins international design awards
- Building the blocks of education, step by step
