After a woman tragically died following a cosmetic procedure that went wrong, her loved ones were reportedly informed about her death by the doctor through Instagram.
Donna Bee, a 30-year-old British beautician from Wrexham, Wales, traveled to Majorca to undergo a correctional procedure, but things quickly went wrong.
Bee had initially undergone a breast augmentation procedure by the same surgeon at Clinica Luz years ago but returned to address an imbalance, as per the Sun.
Tragically, after her return to Spain in September of last year, Bee - who had a pre-existing heart condition - suffered a reaction to the anesthesia, which led to a heart attack.
Despite being admitted to intensive care for nearly two weeks, Bee later passed away on September 13.
Her family has now revealed startling details about the lack of precautions taken by the clinic, alleging that all consultations were conducted via email.
To add to that, upon their arrival at Clinica Luz in Palma, they were met with confusion and conflicting accounts from the surgeon.
According to the Majorcan newspaper Ultima Hora, Spain's National Police force has announced the arrest of the clinic's manager and an anesthetist.
The 69-year-old manager has been charged with the Spanish equivalent of gross negligence manslaughter and performing surgery despite being disqualified. Complicating matters, he is currently serving a sentence for medical negligence and fraud, necessitating the police to request his release from jail in Palma in order to detain him once more.
Another anesthetist - whose role in Bee's surgery was described as "minor" by authorities - has also been arrested and charged with homicide due to professional negligence.
Somewhat unbelievably, the primary surgeon who conducted the operation passed away in Switzerland two months after the surgery from a terminal illness.
Further investigation has revealed disturbing irregularities surrounding the procedure. The police report suggests that CPR was inadequately administered, worsening Bee's condition, which ultimately led to severe brain damage while she was in cardiac arrest.
According to sources close to Donna, the clinic - who had been left without a next of kin to contact - shockingly chose to relay the distressing news of her condition to a friend via Instagram messenger.
Additionally, despite not speaking Spanish, the patient was ordered to sign a consent form entirely in Spanish.
A GoFundMe page was set up by Bee's family in September, in an attempt to bring her home so that she could have received treatment in the UK.
"National Police officers have arrested a 69-year-old man responsible for managing a clinic in Palma where he also worked as a practitioner, for crimes of gross negligence manslaughter and breaching a medical ban following the death of a patient," a statement from police read.
The statement went on: "Our homicide unit began an investigation and after gathering together all the documentation related to the medical intervention and taking statements from health professionals, arrested the director of the clinic who was also a medical practitioner.
"Investigators have accused one of the other two health professionals who participated in the surgery of the same type of manslaughter crime as the clinic director. The other man cannot be accused of any crime due to his sudden death two months after the surgery."
The Police went on to say that the signed patient consent forms were written in Spanish, and according to Donna's family, she doesn't know how to speak the language.
