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3. Thereafter, the opposite party suggested that the complainant goes for a liposuction and tummy tuck to remove the fat around the waist. The complainant was encouraged to do so by the opposite parties wife, a dentist. The complainant agreed and the procedure was carried out on 08-12-2005. The complainant was discharged from the hospital on 11-12-2007. Prior to discharge, the complainant was given an abdominal belt and arm bands. After discharge, the complainant could not walk without support and was wheel chaired to the plane leaving from Mumbai to Goa and again had to be wheel chaired on arrival.

 

9. The surgical procedure was undertaken on 06-12-2005 under twilight anesthesia and certain procedures spelt at para 25 of the written version were undertaken on the complainant with her consent. The procedure lasted about three hours. The complainant was very much satisfied with the procedure and expressed her amazement about so much comfort that she expressed her desire to finish all remaining operations i.e. liposuction of stomach on the next day itself. Accordingly, the operation was undertaken a couple of days latter after obtaining written consent and the patient being made aware of the nature of surgery, results, the complication and the post operative course. The complainant had a smooth recovery. As regards discharge from a huge blood blister which was there where the tummy tuck was carried out, the opposite party explained that during the tumescent liposuction procedure, upto four to six litres of saline solution mixed with certain drugs is injected into the fat to be aspirated out. By this the fat becomes soft and blood supply is reduced hence less bleeding. This fat which becomes soft can be easily broken down by various methods and then aspirated by a powerful suction machine. All the broken down fat and the remaining solution which escapes aspiration is allowed to flow out through 3 to 4 mm punctures which are left unstitched. This flow can sometimes be quiet dramatic as suddenly a gush of this solution may flow out from a puncture over a period of one to two weeks post surgery. The blister referred by the complainant was merely one such collection of fluid which was normal after such procedure.