why it is so important to do our own researches on doctors and hospitals:

http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/health/woman-dies-after-weight-loss-surgery-1.972280

On the coments after the story they seemed to blame the patient.

People are just being ignorant and judgemental....I live in Dubai close to the city where this patient died. People here are not too open about their weight issues.

not very comforting news...

Bad things always will continue to happen. I have been an OR nurse for 35 years and have seen too many times that things just happen and we have lost people after very simple procedures thru no fault or negilence.

Wow!! I agree that most of the commenters seemed to blame the patient. I wish those people who say this is "easy" would read these (or any WLS) boards for a day or two. While this does make weight loss easier in the beginning, we all know that we must continue to do the work in order to reach our goals.

I feel sorry for the girl and her family.

not very comforting news...

Like it was stated initially- research your own Doc and find comfort in that. Too many variables in this articles that are not put forth, so it is a good warning to do thorough research.

Sad news I feel bad for her loved ones....

The comments however hacked me off! Some people are ignorant!

Well this article didn't really give a whole lot of detail did it? It doesn't say HOW the person died, just that they died AFTER having WLS. And it doesn't say how LONG after having WLS the person died. If my conversion is correct, it sounds as if she weighed 211lbs before the surgery and when she died she weighed 88lbs? That doesn't sound like it happened very recently after the surgery (to lose that amount of weight would have had to take time.)

So without all the facts, how can we judge if the hospital (surgeon, anthesiologist, nurses, etc.) made a mistake or if the patient didn't follow post-op rules, etc. or did the patient have an underlying condition that was made worse by surgery? So hard to tell.

It only says she had a surgery following the first one to fix a complication (leak repair? stricture? hernia? hard to say...) So I think without having more facts this sadly is just a case of someone dying. I'm sorry for the loss of this person and all who knew her.

People who surgery as an easy way out need to carry the extra 170 pounds I've been carrying for the last 15 years and also have a diet of jenny craig, weight watchers and slim fast all year round!

Bad things do happen....we just pray that it doesnt happen to us....