TORONTO – A doctor in Toronto whose patient died after liposuction has had her medical licence revoked for two years.
In addition, Dr. Behnaz Yazdanfar will have to face a public reprimand, and pay $219,000 in costs.
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The medical regulator had previously found Yazdanfar’s conduct to be incompetent and disgraceful when dealing with several cosmetic surgery patients.
Following the two-year suspension, Yazdanfar will be allowed to be an assistant in a hospital-based setting and must allow random inspections of her practice and patient charts.
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In September 2007, a 32-year-old patient died after the doctor removed 6.6 litres of fat from her – well above guidelines.
Evidence was that Yazdanfar didn’t call for an ambulance until 40 minutes after the patient had fallen critically ill.
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