From The West Australian
Hanoi – A Vietnamese court on Friday sentenced a cosmetic surgeon to 19 years in jail for throwing the body of a patient who died during a botched operation into a river.
Vietnamese surgeon jailed for dumping patient’s body in river. (Photo from The West Australian)
Le Thi Thanh Huyen, 37, died in October 2013 after undergoing liposuction and a breast augmentation operation at the private Cat Tuong Clinic in Hanoi, despite efforts by the centre’s staff to revive her.
Police said doctor Nguyen Manh Tuong dumped her body in the Vietnamese capital’s main river, with the help of a clinic security guard.
Her headless corpse was pulled from the river in July this year and identified by DNA tests.
Tuong was jailed for “violating regulations of medical care” and mistreating the body of the victim, the court heard.
“I feel remorse, I repent and I want to apologise to the family of the victim,” the doctor told the court.
Tuong worked at the well-respected state-run Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi and also ran the Cat Tuong Beauty Salon, offering cosmetic surgery.
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