As the family of a woman on life support prepares to say their goodbyes, more details are coming out on the procedure that put her on the brink of death.
An attorney for the family of Rohie Orukotan said yesterday that she had an extensive liposuction, not just a smart laser liposuction, at the Weston Medspa last Friday, and went into cardiac arrest as a result of the procedure.
Smart laser liposuction is a non-invasive procedure, generally considered safer than actual liposuction.
After her procedure, Orukotan was taken to the Cleveland Clinic, where she has been in a coma for the past week. The family's attorney, Anthony Russo, said that through contact with the clinic, they believe she has marks generally associated with traditional liposuction.
"The injuries are consistent with a more invasive-type procedure, something like a possible liposuction," Russo said.
State records show that Weston Medspa doesn't have a license to perform liposuction, which was news to the doctor who performed the procedure, Dr. Omar Brito.
Through his attorney, Brito said he did nothing wrong and said he didn't know Weston Medspa wasn't authorized to perform lipo.
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Brito said the lipo procedure went fine but Orukotan develop the trouble after he finished.
The owners of the MedSpa listed in State Records are Patricia Gomez and Gustavo Galvez. Neither returned phone calls from NBC 6 yesterday.
Doctors say Orukotan, 37, has no chance for recovery and the family is getting their business matters in order before removing her from life support.
