Maha Kadoura made an appointment for tummy tuck surgery, something she hoped would relieve pain and discomfort. It was a Tuesday in March and her husband Mostafa Kaoud was waiting outside.
Heard ambulance coming
Hours passed and Mostafa repeatedly tried to get answers as to how the operation went. When he finally got to talk to the doctor, he was told that Maha had difficulty waking up from the anesthesia. Suddenly, he heard the ambulance coming.
"I asked the staff – what is this all about? Who is this ambulance to?" says Mostafa.
Maha's heart had stopped and she later died in the hospital. After the Health and Social Care Inspectorate (Ivo) took a closer look at the circumstances, they found several serious shortcomings.
Lacked special skills
Among other things, the staff who performed the anesthesia lacked specialist competence and Maha received too high doses of drugs. Ivo also noted that the anesthetic records were incomplete and difficult to interpret, and that the staff on site did not master the basics of advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
They forbade the Oranos Clinic to perform aesthetic surgical procedures under general anesthesia, i.e. where patients are anesthetized. Meanwhile, Ivo's review of the clinic continues.
SVT Nyheter Skåne has applied for the clinic through their lawyer Åke Hjelm, who announces that they do not want to give any comments. In their Lex Maria report, they stated, among other things, that the defibrillator had too bad a battery.
For the family, the grief and loss is great. In the clip above, Mostafa talks about how everyday life has changed.