An autopsy into Hillary Brown’s death is pending.
A 41-year-old plastic surgeon in the United States has been arrested for the death of his wife, who went into cardiac arrest on her operating table in November last year. The doctor, identified as Benjamin Brown, was taken into custody on Monday and charged with second-degree murder for alleged negligent homicide in the death of his wife Hillary Ellington Brown. According to The Independenthe turned himself in to police after an arrest warrant was issued on Friday.
In a news release, the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to the 41-year-old’s Restore Plastic Surgery office in Florida for a medical emergency on Nov. 21. – later identified as Hillary Brown – suffering from cardiac arrest. She was taken to a hospital, where she was placed on life support before being pronounced dead. An autopsy into her death is pending.
“The autopsy protocol typically takes several months as it often relies on extensive laboratory and toxicology testing, as well as information gathered by our Major Crimes detectives regarding the circumstances of the death,” the police department said in a statement.
Benjamin Brown is being held in the county jail pending his bond hearing, the release added.
According to The Independent, on the day Mrs. Hillary went into cardiac arrest, she was scheduled to undergo a miniature muscle plication/abdominal scar revision, bilateral arm liposuction, lip injections, and ear tuning procedures. She would have prepared her own anesthesia before the surgeries. She also ingested a handful of multicolored pills, including Valium.
Shortly before the procedures, she began experiencing symptoms related to the sedation. When she entered the operating room, the husband administered additional anesthesia without being able to verify what his wife had taken. He later failed to record his wife’s medication and dosage. At one point, his wife told him that her vision was getting blurry and she saw “orange.” Additionally, she experienced restlessness, muscle spasms, and blurred vision, common symptoms of toxicity. The 41-year-old woman, however, continued to inject drugs into her face, after which she became unresponsive and began convulsing.
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At that point, a medical assistant asked the doctor if he should call the emergency room and he said “no.” Over the next 20 minutes, the assistant asked again and he said “no” or “wait,” the outlet reported.
The plastic surgeon began to panic and asked his assistants to bring him supplies, including an oxygen tank and a stethoscope. However, because the medical assistant was new, they had difficulty finding the items. Meanwhile, instead of calling an ambulance, Brown allegedly “yelled” at staff, asking “What medication did she take?”
About 10 to 20 minutes after Hillary Brown suffered a seizure, Brown instructed an assistant to call 911, but his wife never regained consciousness.
The medical board ruled that Brown’s treatment of his wife was “careless and haphazard.” Additionally, in May, the Florida Department of Health issued an emergency order restricting a physician’s medical license to only performing procedures or surgeries in a licensed hospital under the supervision of a licensed physician. The department is seeking disciplinary action in the case. Ben Brown, on the other hand, chose to contest the charges brought against him and the case will be heard by the Administrative Hearings Division.
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