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Ammon News - An Amman court has sentenced four doctors to prison terms ranging from 6 months to three years after finding them guilty of the involuntary manslaughter of a woman during liposuction surgery.

The Amman Magistrate Court sentenced a surgeon to three years in prison, a second surgeon and an anesthesiologist to one year each, and an anesthesiologist to six months, according to the decision, which will be subject to appeal before a higher court.

The court determined, based on the evidence presented and the testimony of the parties involved, that the woman was admitted to the hospital to have scar revision surgery and liposuction, but that she underwent additional procedures while in the operating room.

Also, the court found that the surgeon who operated on the victim was not a plastic surgeon, and he spent more than three hours in a regular operating room performing liposuction and other major surgeries that would normally require an intensive-care operating theater.

According to the verdict, the defendants failed to stop the surgery when the victim's condition worsened during the procedure and did not provide proper autologous transfusion management.

According to a report presented to the court by the Ministry of Health, the victim's condition deteriorated during a lengthy operation, and the attending physicians did not act quickly enough to save her life. The report also indicated that the surgery was performed in a setting that was not equipped for such a major surgery.

According to the ruling, one of the doctors operating on the victim was also performing surgery on other patients at the same time, and he continued to operate on the victim despite a serious drop in the patient's vital signs.

Public Prosecution witnesses testified that the chief surgeon removed 7 liters of fat during the operation, when the recommended amount is 3 to 4 liters. In addition, they disclosed that the victim underwent 12 hours of surgery, with the attending physician spending no more than an hour in the operating room at any given time.