“We deserve to know what happened”: Karla Anaya died 13 days after having a nose job, they said she had bacteria and was brain dead

“My sister left us and we don’t really know anything.” A 28-year-old Mexican woman died after suffering complications after undergoing a rhinoplasty. The woman’s brain, her relative said, was swelling.

The other cause of death was recorded as meningoencephalitis.

The victim is Karla Anaya. The cosmetic surgery took place on Friday, September 29, 2023 at a clinic in Polanco, Mexico City.

The family, which, as TeleDiario published on Monday, October 23, “accuses medical negligence”, said that Karla died on Thursday, October 12 “as a result of an alleged bacteria she contracted.”

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“We know nothing”: the victim’s sister

Karla returned home for the postoperative period, but began to feel uncomfortable.

“She started vomiting and took the medication prescribed to her, but the situation deteriorated to the point where she became delirious. “I (Karla) is starting to confuse reality,” her sister Jéssica told Hechos AM, published by TV Azteca.

On October 3, he went to the doctor and was told he had meningitis. The biggest blow came three days later: the woman was declared brain dead at a hospital in Benito Juárez, Milenio reported.

“We’re going to get you justice, Maye,” said her sister Katherine Anaya Amador. On the TikTok account – @kathanaya – a video was published that briefly summarizes what happened to Karla.

My sister left us. I’m devastated. It was medical negligence, we don’t know where it came from.

Karla Anaya’s sister

“From starting with a nose job to ending with death (…) He deserves justice. “We deserve to know what happened,” he said.

According to the victim’s sister, “ten days later the cultures showed no possible bacteria, it was said there was no result… negative, negative, negative and we don’t know if the correct treatment was given. We don’t know if the bacteria came from the clinic. “We don’t really know anything.”

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“We believe that he never had meningitis because the bacteria always tested negative, that he had intracranial hypertension and that it had not been diagnosed. I am not a doctor, I hope I am wrong because that would be very serious medical negligence,” said Jessica Anaya, also Karla’s sister, according to TeleDiario.

In an attempt to find answers, the woman’s relatives point out that “the equipment used in the operation could have been contaminated and that is why Karla contracted a bacteria and because the diagnosis was not properly made, her case became complicated.”

They recalled that on October 3, Karla was treated for meningitis, for which she was given several antibiotics, but her condition did not improve, as her brain did not shrink.

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Complication of a rhinoplasty? investigation was opened

“When my sister is gone, the doctor tells me ‘if we have found a bacteria’, but practically ten days later, but it is not in writing,” said Jéssica.

According to TeleDiario, “Karla’s cause of death was determined to be meningoencephalitis and a complication of rhinoplasty.”

The investigation will determine whether the bacteria was contracted at the clinic or at the Benito Juárez Hospital.

Karla’s family, TV Azteca noted, “filed a criminal complaint against Julián Páez and Adriana Furlong. To date, the medical center has been closed since the events were reported.”

The same medium published that “Furlong, the doctor who treated the young woman, had already filed a murder complaint in 2019 for drilling a patient’s skull during an operation.”

The Mexico City Public Prosecutor’s Office opened an investigation folder, Milenio indicated on Monday, October 23, 2023.

“Fly high Karla Mayela Anaya Amador, those of us who stay will do you justice,” user Vg Di said on Facebook. He added: “In the arms of our Lord you are already full of light and love!” (JO)