Argentine actress, former model dies after failed surgery

Argentine actress and former model Silvina Luna died at the age of 43 having spent 79 days in hospital due to kidney complications as a result of a botched Brazillian butt lift procedure performed in 2011.
The 43-year-old Argentine actress Silvina Luna died on August 31. She had been hospitalised for 79 days at Hospital Italiano where she was treated for complications as a result of her 2011 surgery, reports a website.
Her brother, Ezequiel Luna, gave doctors the approval to remove her from a ventilator at noon on Thursday, according to local news outlets. Silvina’s attorney, Fernando Burlando, said the tragic loss was “an ending that aches, hurts”. He hopes her battle will make authorities “wake up, so that society will take note and there will be no more deaths”. The actress had the procedure around June or July 2011 and it was carried out by cosmetic surgeon Anibal Lotocki. Dr Lotocki is being charged with the 2021 death of a patient he operated on in 2010. He injected Silvina with a liquid that contained polymethylmethacrylate, which is banned by Argentina’s National Administration of Drugs, Food and Medical Technology. (IANS)