A 26-year-old mother undergoes a popular cosmetic surgery but never comes out of anesthesia. Telemundo 51 Investigate what happened and why the state is taking action against the medical center and the doctor who is in charge of the place.
The family of a 26-year-old mother who died after undergoing popular plastic surgery is asking for answers to clarify what happened. As Myriam Masihy of the Telemundo 51 Investiga team discovered, the woman never came out of anesthesia and now the state is taking action against the medical center and the doctor who is in charge of the place.
Jaynisha William was a photographer, the mother of two young children, and her sister’s best friend.
“She was very loving and always knew what to say,” says her sister, Kimia Spikes, who last saw her in October of last year when Jaynisha, better known as Jayla, traveled from Hillsborough County to Best U Now cosmetic surgery center in Plantation. , for breast augmentation and buttock lift with fat transfer or BBL.
Her mother had traveled from California to be by her side. “I would ask every hour how my daughter is doing and they would tell me that everything was fine,” says Latoshia Leggett, Jaylan’s mother, who began to worry as the hours passed and her daughter was the only patient not being discharged. She then she heard a siren.
“They told me your daughter passed away,” Latoshia says.
According to the medical examiner at around 8 pm, “the procedure was over (…) but she never woke up from the anesthesia.” Although the death was ruled undetermined by the medical examiner, the Department of Health has filed administrative complaints against the surgery center registered as Serenity Capital Investments LLC, The Best U NOW, and Dr. John Edward Nees, the center’s designated physician. surgery, claiming they allowed a doctor who was not a qualified anesthetist to sedate Jayla.
Dr. Leopoldo Rodriguez, former president of the Florida Association of Anesthesiologists, said, “It’s not illegal for doctors who aren’t trained to give anesthesia to give sedation for certain types of procedures, but those people aren’t qualified to do major surgeries.”
In Jayla’s case, Dr. Millicent Muir, an obstetrician who is currently unable to practice due to an unrelated complaint, provided the anesthesia. While the center has several registered anesthesia providers, she is not one of them, she is listed as “recovery personnel,” but according to the state’s complaint, she was contracted to provide anesthesia to patients.
The day we went to Best U Now, Dr. Muir was closing up the office and didn’t want to talk on camera, but told me that she had taken some anesthesiology courses.
“The courses they give for sedation are only to safely sedate a patient with a certain level of unconsciousness, but that in no way qualifies anyone to be an anesthesiologist” explains Dr. Rodríguez.
Although he can’t speak about Jayla’s case in particular, the former president of the Florida Association of Anesthesiologists says that being an anesthesiologist requires 12 years of training and the other personnel qualified to provide anesthesia in these cases also have a lot of training.
“It is required by law to be an anesthesiologist or an anesthetist who is qualified to provide anesthesia.”
The Department of Health is requesting that the cosmetic surgery center’s license be suspended or revoked and that Dr. Nees be sanctioned as well. Jayla’s family says no one from the center has contacted them as they try to comfort their 5-year-old and 2-year-old children.
“It’s hard, they don’t understand and they ask if they can go to heaven to see their mom,” says Latoshia.
Neither the owners of the medical center nor Dr. Nees responded to our calls and emails requesting comment. Dr. Muir told me that she would give us an interview later, but she gave us the wrong number.