A woman has spent been left brain dead in a coma after a cosmetic dentistry operation in Poland went tragically wrong. A criminal investigation is now under way into what happened to 57-year-old Beata Filipek.
Her family in Leeds claim she was given fentanyl during the procedure and had a reaction to the opiate, leading to permanent brain damage. The family say Beata, a beautician, who ran and exercised every day, had begun suffering bone loss in her lower jaw, and wanted implants to maintain her appearance.
She booked a £18,569 procedure under anaesthetic in a private dental clinic in Lublin on April 13 and arranged for an aunt to pick her up. At 3.24pm that day, she texted the aunt that she had signed all the consents, and the treatment was starting.
