A MOTHER died after a botched butt procedure left her brain-dead on a ventilator for two weeks.
María Paz Peñaloza Cabrera, 31, who has two sons, ages three and one, went in to cardiac arrest after she got butt implants at the home of an unlicensed doctor.
On March 28, Peñaloza Cabrera suffered lidocaine toxicity from the implants, which can cause seizures, irregular heart rhythms, and in severe cases, respiratory failure or cardiac arrest.
“We never imagined this would happen,” the victim’s sister, Linney Peñaloza Cabrera, 34, originally told the Daily News in Spanish.
“A friend who went with María called and said she was taken away in an ambulance, but she didn’t know how bad it was.”
Doctors spent two-and-a-half hours trying to revive Peñaloza Cabrera, according to her sister.
Unfortunately, the mother never regained consciousness.
Peñaloza Cabrera went to the makeshift office in Felipe Hoyos-Foronda’s home after a friend recommended him to her.
However, when FDNY medics arrived, they immediately called police to alert them of the unlicensed doctor.
Police say Hoyos-Foronda tried to evade officers as he drove to JFK Airport, but officers were able to capture his license plate while he was on the expressway.
The Port Authority Police Department arrested the doctor after he went through security.
Hoyos-Foronda allegedly tried telling law enforcement that he was a registered doctor in Colombia.
He was charged with assault and unauthorized practice of a profession and is being held at Rikers Island without bail.
Following the mother’s death, prosecutors are reevaluating Hoyos-Foronda’s charges.
FAMILY MOURNS
Peñaloza Cabrera first came to the US from Villavicencio, Colombia, in 2022.
Now, her family and friends in both the US and Colombia are mourning her death.
“Maria was a very happy person, very family oriented,” her sister said.
“She always wanted to be around us at her home.
“We’d always spend the holidays at her place.”
Relatives said Peñaloza Cabrera used to host Christmas at her home in Flushing, Queens.
“It’s never easy to say goodbye,” the mother’s brother-in-law wrote on Facebook.
Source : https://www.the-sun.com/news/14050173/penaloza-cabrera-botched-butt-surgery-queens-new-york/
