Thursday 24 July 2008
Nigerian President's wife dies after plastic surgery operation in Spain
By Jeremy Laurance, Health EditorTuesday, 25 October 2005
Nigeria was in mourning yesterday following the sudden death of Stella Obasanjo, the country's first lady, after cosmetic surgery in Spain.
Mrs Obasanjo, 59, apparently had chosen to have an operation at the exclusive Molding cosmetic surgery clinic in the upmarket town of Puerto Banos near Marbella last Friday.
She was reported to have suffered a severe asthma attack and was rushed to hospital in Marbella in the early hours of Sunday morning, where she was declared brain-dead.
As the body of the wife of President Olusegun Obasanjo was being repatriated to Nigeria last night, however, the precise circumstances and cause of her death remained shrouded in mystery
The Molding, Marbella's biggest plastic surgery clinic, is the "health tourism" playground of many rich foreigners on the Costa del Sol. For many of them, it is the first choice for expensive plastic surgery treatments in luxurious surroundings.
Doctors at the clinic refused yesterday to say about the procedure undergone by Mrs Obansanjo. The clinic did, however, issue a statement, saying that she did not die during cosmetic treatment.
"At this moment we do not know the causes of Mrs Obansanjo's death and we await the results of the autopsy. We have given all information possible to those carrying out the autopsy," it said.
The daily newspaper El Pais reported that Mrs Obasanjo, looking for a way to lose weight, may have undergone liposuction, but when The Independent asked if this was the case, the clinic would not comment on the procedure she had undergone.
An initial post-mortem carried out over the weekend suggested Mrs Obansanjo might have died of a severe asthma attack. A more detailed, two-and-a-half hour-long, autopsy performed yesterday, gave a much clearer indication of the cause of death, said Antonio Garcia de Galvez, director of the Malaga Institute of Forensic Medicine, where the examination was carried out. The results will, however, remain secret and divulged only to the judge in charge of the investigation.
In Spain, autopsies are only court-ordered when the death is deemed to be of a suspicious nature - as in this case - or to have been caused by violence, Dr Garcia de Galvez said. Coroners investigating the cause of Mrs Obasanjo's death are looking for evidence of possibility of medical malpractice.
By Jeremy Laurance, Health EditorTuesday, 25 October 2005
Nigeria was in mourning yesterday following the sudden death of Stella Obasanjo, the country's first lady, after cosmetic surgery in Spain.
Mrs Obasanjo, 59, apparently had chosen to have an operation at the exclusive Molding cosmetic surgery clinic in the upmarket town of Puerto Banos near Marbella last Friday.
She was reported to have suffered a severe asthma attack and was rushed to hospital in Marbella in the early hours of Sunday morning, where she was declared brain-dead.
As the body of the wife of President Olusegun Obasanjo was being repatriated to Nigeria last night, however, the precise circumstances and cause of her death remained shrouded in mystery
The Molding, Marbella's biggest plastic surgery clinic, is the "health tourism" playground of many rich foreigners on the Costa del Sol. For many of them, it is the first choice for expensive plastic surgery treatments in luxurious surroundings.
Doctors at the clinic refused yesterday to say about the procedure undergone by Mrs Obansanjo. The clinic did, however, issue a statement, saying that she did not die during cosmetic treatment.
"At this moment we do not know the causes of Mrs Obansanjo's death and we await the results of the autopsy. We have given all information possible to those carrying out the autopsy," it said.
The daily newspaper El Pais reported that Mrs Obasanjo, looking for a way to lose weight, may have undergone liposuction, but when The Independent asked if this was the case, the clinic would not comment on the procedure she had undergone.
An initial post-mortem carried out over the weekend suggested Mrs Obansanjo might have died of a severe asthma attack. A more detailed, two-and-a-half hour-long, autopsy performed yesterday, gave a much clearer indication of the cause of death, said Antonio Garcia de Galvez, director of the Malaga Institute of Forensic Medicine, where the examination was carried out. The results will, however, remain secret and divulged only to the judge in charge of the investigation.
In Spain, autopsies are only court-ordered when the death is deemed to be of a suspicious nature - as in this case - or to have been caused by violence, Dr Garcia de Galvez said. Coroners investigating the cause of Mrs Obasanjo's death are looking for evidence of possibility of medical malpractice.
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