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British woman dies at Thai cosmetic surgery clinic | British woman dies at Thai cosmetic surgery clinic |
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A British woman understood to have gone to Thailand for cosmetic surgery has died during an operation, Thai officials have said. | A British woman understood to have gone to Thailand for cosmetic surgery has died during an operation, Thai officials have said. |
The woman, 24, stopped breathing during a procedure at a clinic in Bangkok on Thursday, an official said. | |
A doctor, Sompob Sansiri, has been charged with recklessly causing the woman's death and released on bail. | |
The Foreign Office said it had been informed of the death and was "ready to provide consular assistance". | |
Under anaesthesia | |
The patient, who has not been named, was having minor corrective surgery to her back after a previous operation, officers said. | |
The director general of Thailand's health service support department, Boonruang Triruangworawat, said attempts had been made to revive the woman when she stopped breathing. | |
She was under anaesthesia when she died, Thai police said. | |
The Thai Ministry of Health said it would file a charge of operating an unlicensed clinic because the facility was not licensed to operate at night. | |
The SP Clinic has been shut down for 60 days while the death is investigated. |