A Lagos-based, American cosmetic surgeon simply identified as Dr. Anu, is currently on the run following the death of a patient due to complications arising from hip enlargement surgery carried out by her.
The victim, who was a former beauty queen, Onwuzuligbo Nneka Miriam, was said to have approached the doctor for a BLL, liposuction and fat transfer and died due to complications from the procedure.
Reports reveal that Anu fled the clinic after the incidence and is still on the run.
Anu who is the owner of Med Contour Cosmetic Surgery was approached by Onwuzuligbo; a former beauty queen, for the surgery on December 31, 2018, and died on February 3 after 31 days in coma.
It was reported that Anu who usually hired or brought in foreign doctors to help her out with the surgeries, decided to personally do the procedure on the victim to try her hands at what she had been seeing the doctors do.
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Unfortunately, her experiment went sour According to reports, the fat meant to be transferred to the hips went into the patient’s lungs causing her to slip into coma and eventually killing her.
Reports further have it that Onwuzuligbo was rushed to Vedic Hospital in Lekki and was put on life support. She was later moved to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH where she died on February 3, 2019.
Several reports revealed that Anu was not a certified surgeon but got clients due to her popularity in Lagos.
Reports also have it that she called up other clients stating she was refunding their monies to them. She, however, is no where to be found. Insiders reveal that this is not her first mishap.
According to them, she has done failed surgeries for two Lagos big girls which had to be corrected at another hospital.
Onwuzuligbo was the 2nd runner-up in the 2013 edition of Face of Democracy Nigeria.
