FL Surgeon Charged w Homicide, Waited to Call 911 After Wife Had Cardiac Arrest [View all]

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FL plastic surgeon who waited to call 911 as wife had cardiac arrest on his operating table charged with homicide, NBC, June 18, 2024.
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A Florida surgeon was charged in his wife’s death after she went into cardiac arrest on his operating table and he hesitated to call 911, according to the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's office. Benjamin Brown, 41, was arrested Monday on a homicide and negligent manslaughter charge, the sheriff's office said in a news release. Deputies responded to the Restore Plastic Surgery clinic in Gulf Breeze on Nov. 21, 2023 for a medical emergency.

Benjamin Brown was operating on Hillary Brown, who became unresponsive and began having a seizure while receiving multiple procedures. She was taken to a hospital where she was put on life support, according to the sheriff's office. She died a week later.

"After an extensive investigation in conjunction with the District One Medical Examiner’s Office and the State Attorney’s Office, our detectives requested a warrant for the arrest of Dr. Benjamin Brown," the sheriff's office said. In May, the Florida Department of Health filed a document requesting the restriction of Benjamin Brown's medical license in the state.

According to the health department, Benjamin Brown was performing a scar revision, arm liposuction, lip injection and ear adjustment procedures on Hillary Brown on Nov. 21, 2023. Hillary Brown allegedly prepared her own IV bags and took a "handful of multi-colored pills" including Valium ahead of the procedures. Benjamin Brown did not document the contents of the IV bag accurately, and the pills were not documented at all, per the health department...
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