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Ryan Fahey

Surgeon stopped staff calling 911 for FIVE hours after patient slipped into coma in theatre

A blundering plastic surgeon's botched boob job lead to the death of a teen patient who suffered such severe brain damage she couldn't even smile.

Dr Geoffrey Kim, 52, confessed he failed to contact emergency services for five hours after Emmalyn Nguyen, 18, suffered a cardiac arrest while under the knife in Colorado.

The jury heard from the doctor's defence team, who tried to pin the blame on nurse Rex Meeker, who reportedly gave her a fatal concoction of medicine, including enough fentanyl to stop her heart.

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