Florida MedSpa Doctor's License Suspended.

ABC News - Husband of Liposuction Victim: 'Doctors Are Supposed to Save a Life, Not Take It'

By ANDREA CANNING and MAGGIE BURBANK
WESTON, Fla., March 8, 2010

The doctor who performed liposuction on a now-deceased Florida woman at a local spa had his license suspended and was called "an immediate danger to the public."

Questions arise after a death during a liposuction.Rohie Kah-Orukotan, a 37-year-old mother of three went into the Weston MedSpa in Weston, Fla., Sept. 25, 2009, for a liposuction procedure. Something went horribly wrong on the operating table. Kah-Orukotan suffered seizures and was rushed to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced brain dead.

Joseph Orukotan says his wife didn't have to die.

"Doctors are supposed to save a life, not take it," he said. "It's a very, very painful experience. It's just an experience that has no end. It's going to remain with me for the rest of my life."

After two weeks, Orukotan was forced to make the heartbreaking decision to take his wife off life support. "I felt like I killed my own wife," he said. "And it was even harder when I had to explain to the kids."