Death of Kanye West’s Mother Leads to New Plastic Surgery Legislation
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
After Donda West died during a cosmetic surgery procedure, the California State Senate on Wednesday approved a requirement that patients be given a physical exam before elective surgery.
Donda’s procedure was complicated by her coronary artery disease, which her family reportedly believes that a physical exam would have uncovered.
The vote in the Senate was 37 to 1.
Um, I guess I wasn’t aware that patients don’t have a physical exam before plastic surgery. That’s really kind of frightening to me. Doctors just do full-on surgery without first investigating if there are any pre-existing conditions that could complicate things? I mean, is this how most plastic surgeons operate, or just the shady ones?
