Woman left brain damaged after cosmetic surgeryMalpractice lawsuits accuse Lilburn doctor of unsafe practices, unqualified staffATLANTA-NEWS By Carrie Teegardin - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
https://www.myajc.com/news/crime--law/woman-left-brain-damaged-after-cosmetic-surgery/zBgkt3s6DEAew7KgCvfuhO/With her wedding just two months away, Icilma Cornelius arrived at the Lilburn office of Dr. Windell Boutte to prepare for her special day.
The 54-year-old bride-to-be came to the doctor’s
full-service medical spa and cosmetic surgery center for Botox and another anti-wrinkle treatment. While there, the staff recommended cosmetic surgery that could give her a flat stomach before she married. Cornelius agreed to the surgical makeover by Boutte, whose website promotes the doctor as “nationally and internationally known†and a “doctor to the stars!â€

Cornelius never got her perfected body. She never got to get married, either.
After eight hours of surgery in Boutte’s medical office, Cornelius’ heart stopped and a chaotic scene developed. The office wasn’t equipped to handle the emergency and had to call 911. Paramedics got the patient’s heart going, but getting her in the ambulance was delayed. Worried about possible infection from open incisions, Boutte and an employee sutured Cornelius’ skin, and then, because the stretcher wouldn’t fit in the elevator, paramedics had to carry it down stairs.
Cornelius made it to the hospital, but her injuries were catastrophic: Permanent brain damage, caused by lack of oxygen, left Cornelius unable to do almost anything for herself.
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