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Fake Plastic Surgeon Falls Into Coma Days Before Trial
09-06-2020
2020
Wacky People
An allegedly fake plastic surgeon who is suspected of having operated on 20 people and causing serious injury to at least two has reportedly fallen into a coma five days before her trial. Antonina Gorbunova, 37, who went by the name Alyona Verdi when performing surgeries in the south-western Russian city of Krasnodar in Krasnodar Krai, was reportedly found unconscious after a night drinking with pals. According to local media, she was allowed to leave her home to visit a friend where they both drank alcohol with other guests all night. An ambulance was called the following morning when Gorbunova remained unresponsive and she has been in a coma since, according to reports. Doctors said Gorbunova had a high level of medicines in her system, however her friends said they did not see her taking any pills that night. She was arrested in April 2019 for operating on 20 people, two of whom suffered severe injuries as a result of the alleged surgeries. She spent 10 months in a pre-trial detention centre before being released on 4th February 2020 as a local court found that investigators had failed to provide enough proof that the patients were seriously harmed. On 4th March, reports stated that investigators had found another case against Gorbunova, with officials saying that in March 2015 she had offered to carry out surgery on a woman’s eyelids (a blepharoplasty to repair droopy eyelids) and vulva (a labiaplasty to alter the labia). The unnamed patient was reportedly asked to provide the suspect with hair extensions in return. The operations were performed in a rented space in the basement of a residential building but the patient’s eye surgery went wrong. She reportedly ended up with palpebral fissures, scar tissue to the eyelids, and retraction of the lower eyelids. Russian prosecutors said this caused serious harm to the patient’s health. (T4 / ends)





