Her fiancé abandoned her and she suffers from a bad psychological state

Rhinoplasty ends with a woman's face disfigurement and deformity

The court awarded 50,000 dirhams in compensation to the woman.

Photography: Patrick Castillo

A plastic surgery to reduce the nose of a woman with a permanent disability ended due to a mistake made by a doctor in a medical center. It was later revealed through investigations that he was not familiar with the recognized medical principles in these procedures, as it was revealed that he was ignorant of technical matters.

The results of the surgery distorted the woman’s face, broke off her engagement and suffered a bad psychological condition that led to her leaving work and despair of marriage, which prompted her to file a civil lawsuit that ended with obligating the doctor and the hospital to compensate her with 50 thousand dirhams, but she did not accept the ruling and appealed against it before the Court of Appeal, which rejected the case and upheld the ruling. first degree.

In detail, an (Arab) woman filed a lawsuit demanding a doctor and the medical center in which he works to pay her 400,000 dirhams in material, psychological, moral and moral compensation because of a rhinoplasty that ended with her permanent disability and comprehensive damage.

She stated that she went to the medical center for a rhinoplasty and met the doctor who decided to inject her with a needle Botox and Flair to reduce the nose, and after leaving the center, her nose had swelling and a severe headache in the head, so she went to the doctor, and he examined the place of the needle and asked her to put ice on the nose as a result of the increased pain and swelling, and he told her that it was only a matter of time But she suffered so badly that she came back to him, so he gave her painkillers and wrinkle cream.

She indicated that she reviewed the center again in light of the deterioration of the condition, so he turned her to a surgeon who cleaned the place of the needle, which turned into a wound, and put cream and glue on it, and on her way home she had a severe nosebleed, so the driver transferred her to the emergency of Rashid Hospital, and from there to the emergency of Dubai Hospital Then Khalifa Hospital, and a medical report was issued revealing grave medical errors, so she filed a complaint with the Public Prosecution.

The prosecution delegated a medical committee from the Dubai Health Authority, and the committee’s report confirmed that the doctor had taken a customary medical procedure, but it was found after his interview that he was not familiar with the recognized medical principles in this type of procedure, and was ignorant of the technical matters that any doctor is supposed to take when do this process.

The report confirmed that the doctor was also not familiar with the best way to dissolve the injected materials that any doctor working in this field is supposed to use, pointing out that after the examination it was found that the patient had permanent cirrhosis of the nose that represents a permanent disability 10% of the shape of her nose, and the medical center bears the responsibility to leave An unqualified person takes this action.

The plaintiff indicated that her fiancé abandoned her after her face was deformed, which caused her to lose hope in marriage, and pushed her to quit her job and was booked in another hospital for treatment, so she had to borrow to pay housing and medical care obligations.

After considering the case by the Court of First Instance, it obligated the defendants to pay 50,000 dirhams in comprehensive compensation to the plaintiff, and the plaintiff appealed against the ruling, demanding compensation of 400,000 dirhams. Permanent disability and percentage determination.

After considering the case by the Court of Appeal, it concluded that the amount decided by the Court of First Instance was appropriate to redress the material and moral damages claimed, and it also rejected the defendants' appeal.

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