Having breast cancer is a life threatening condition and also affects people on a psychological level too .Having a mastectomy is also very demoralising for any woman and the hope of reconstructive surgery is a wonderful thing .However when this type of surgery goes wrong then the effects can be devastating .This is what happened to a woman who was living on the Costa del Sol and whose reconstructive surgery did not go to plan .This left her with a burst silicon implant , infection , inflammation and fever .She needed two operations to try and correct matters but they didn’t work and it left her with depression .
The court found no evidence of negligence or inadequate procedures on behalf of the surgeon but he did award the cost of the operation , which was over 5000 euros and he awarded her 60,000 euros damages for the angst and depression which she had to endure because of the failed operation .
The same clinic was in the headlines in 2005 when the Nigerian first lady was rushed back to the hospital after having a wight reduction procedure .Once back in the hospital her condition deteriorated and she died .
