A routine breast augmentation surgery that killed a 35-year-old wife and mother of two children three years ago caused anesthesia administered without the presence of a licensed anesthesiologist.
Moises Espinoza took his wife Megan to Divino Plastic Surgery in Bonita morning of Dec.19, 2018, for a breast augmentation surgery. Cosmetic surgeon Dr. Carlos Chacon and a nurse practitioner took Megan into surgery at 12:30 p.m, advising Moises someone would notify him in up to three hours when the surgery was over.
According to Espinoza, a call arrived six hours later from a doctor at a hospital to notify Moises that his wife was "unresponsive."
"She was a mother, a wonderful wife, and a great teacher. She was someone who wanted to make the world a better place, and she did," Espinoza publicly said.
Multiple medications, including Fentanyl, Demerol, Midazolam, and Ketamine, were administered to Megan. According to an Oct.12, 2019 lawsuit filed by Megan's family, her airway went unmonitored by the doctor and his nurse, which sent her into a cardiopulmonary arrest.
The Espinoza family sues the doctor and his nurse practitioner for administering anesthesia without a licensed anesthesiologist. The lawsuit cites a contract signed by Megan on Sept.12 to undergo breast enhancement surgery at Divino Plastic Surgery in Bonita, where a licensed anesthesiologist was to administer the anesthesia.
"As a physician and a malpractice attorney, doctors and nurses know better, and they need to be held accountable," attorney Christian Jagusch publicly said. "The care, or lack of, is shocking. It shocks the consciousness when you think that none of this should have ever happened in the first place. And, not only should it not have happened, the actions following it brings this to a much higher level."
