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please beware of dr mallol i am now paralized
On Dec 11 2018 I flew to Dominican from Kelowna BC Canada, I arrived and had my consultation first part with Jazmine where I signed papers (half I could only see and she wouldnt provide me with ones I could actually read, she said the toner was out of ink…) and paid for my surgery in full and the Insurance through Onesa ans the second half with DRMallol. I was getting a bbl using my own fat and lipo of the thighs ( inner, outer and back ), flanks, back, entire stomach, and arm pits. I gave him a letter from my doctor stating I was fine to undergo the surgery, also gave him blood tests I had done in Canada stating my levels ( which I did on my own ).
I booked a surgery recovery home to stay at and stayed at the hospital one night.
I received surgery the next day first thing in the morning and was brought into the surgery room where there was a room full of men and a bed with blood on it. I didn't say anything because I was feeling very intimidated. During the surgery I kept waking up to Dr.Mallol telling me to go back to sleep and to relax it was ok, It was very scary and I could feel what was going on, at some moments I wasnt even sure if he was the one doing the surgery because he was the one talking to me and patting my head while I could feel the machines in my abdomen.
Upon waking up I was very very very sick, faint and in a piles of blood. My IV was dry, I was hooked up to a blood transfusions and a catheter There was no buzzer in the room and I was yelling for the nurses.
When one would finally come they didnt speak good english and it was very hard to translate anything to them. I kept asking for pain medication and they would tell me no and to go back to sleep, it was so horrible.
Once my freezing started to wear off I realized I had no feeling in my right leg from my hip down to my toes, when the nurse came back I told her to contact the doctor to see me. I had been messaging DrMallol as well and he kept telling me it would be fine and it was just the freezing. He then came and seen me and brought the anesthesiologist with him and a few other people where they asked if I would be willing to undergo another surgery to fix it.
When he came to see me he told me I would be ok in a couple hours…. then a couple hours went by and nothing, then he said the next morning….still nothing at this time I was in a wheel chair and had no movement at all from my leg or foot and in a lot of pain.
I stayed at the recovery home and they cared for me and brought me to my appointments. Dr,Mallol arranged an MRI for me which I had to pay for and he took the package and said I was fine, I couldnt read the letter because it was not in English.
Then he set an appointment up with a neurologist at a hospital, I had a driver take me and help me find it, at this time i was still in a wheelchair and on crutches dragging my leg behind me, it took me almost 30 minutes to find my way there in insane pain, I sat there waiting for an hour and the doctor never arrived. At this time I was very sick and in pain having it only be a few days after surgery. I received a message from the recovery house saying that the neurologist I was supposed to see was not there and attending an emergency somewhere and couldnt see me so I then headed back to the recovery house. When I got back I was tired, sick, hadnt eaten, and needed to rest. At 1130pm that night DRMallol messaged me saying that the neurologist could see me and to cab there, I declined saying it was way to late and my body just couldnt do anymore walking or moving. He never rescheduled it or anything after that. Each day I got sicker and sicker, throwing up continually, and no progression in my leg. A few days went by and I had to go into emergency because I was so ill. he told me to come to his hospital to get help, when I arrived the nurses gave me a dirty bed and left me sitting there. then when Dr Mallol arrived he told them to give me some type of pain meds and something to stop the throwing up. The nurses grabbed me by the upper arms and held me down and jammed the needles into me, when the couldnt find a vein they dug it around in my arm leaving huge lumps like golf balls of air in my hands, I was terrified and crying and yelling saying the nurses were torturing me and how could he let this happen. He just laughed, then as they were dressing my garment on they would hold me up down and crush my ribs, at one point I felt like my rib was broken, it was so painful and hard to breath.
Each day was getting worse so I just needed to get back to Canada to get proper care, DrMallol signed off on are papers saying we were ok to fly and we left, we flew from dominican to mexico city where we had a lay over, while in mexico city I was still very ill had to be seen in medical, my body was cramping up, my hands, face, legs, feet and I couldnt move. Airport security brought me in and I told them I hadnt eaten yet because we left so early and had no time because by the time the wheelchaired us off the plane and through everything I hadnt had any time to do anything. After a bit they helped me to my gate and I was boarded onto the plane. After sitting I had a drink of water and immediately threw it up, the pain killers on an empty stomach was just killing my insides, the flight attendant said that had changed my flight to the the next one that left in 4 hours and had taken care of switching it for us and to go eat and try to feel a bit better. So i agreed to get off the plane and wait the 4 hours. When I got off the plane the airline people dropped us off at the front of the airport where we had to go back through it all again and were told that they changed their minds and were not going to switch our tickets now and if we wanted to leave we would have to repurchase our tickets! i started crying and told them that wasnt fair and I had no more money, they didnt care. I had to then find money to re purchase tickets so I could get home. When I finally did that I bought 2 tickets for me and my friend and we flew into vancouver bc and then I had to book another flight because I missed my connecting flight home to kelowna.
When I arrived home my family was waiting and saw me being pushed up in a wheel chair with grey skin and very sick, I was then brought to emergency here. I had to get the drains removed and receive care every second day from the clinic here to clean the open drains scars and keep mu body from infection. Ive spend days at the hospital and also had to see a plastic surgeon here to drain fluid from my body.
This has now been almost 3 months and I still have no feeling in my leg or foot. I cant drive, walk up stairs without pulling myself up, im limping, I cant do anything I used to and become very depressed. I am self employed and have 2 children an this has impacted my life so bad. DrMallol told me the insurance I bought would cover all of this and his assistant was looking after it but all she did was ignore me….basically he was telling me what I wanted to hear until the 30 was up so there was nothing i could do. I continually asked them for a copy of my contract I signed and they said I had no contract. Then I was sent a “resume”… never would they send me a scanned copy of the actual contract with my signatures on it. I am now awaiting an MRI here to see why I can feel my leg still. Dr Mallol has done nothing and when I tell him I still cant feel my leg tells me excellent or just puts it off. In his messages to me it was always I miss you, how are you baby, and so on. When I was told about this new death to add to his list I was told to contact you and see what my rights were and we we had any way to go after this monster.
In this last few months I have had loss off income, having to pay people to drive me around, pay to do the normal house hold cleaning and chores I regularly do. I cant go to the gym or be active, extensive medical bills. And he has done nothing to help or even contacted me to see how I am or if Ive made any progress.
UPDATE JANUARY 23 2020
On December 23,2019 I seen the neurologist again for the results of my 4 th MRI which was very intense and done from my head to my toes. It showed that the surgeon _DR MALLOL had made a hole in my spine and I will never be able to feel my leg again. I have had no follow up from him nor does he care that he has destroyed my life. I am only 39 years old and I will never run again or enjoy the life I used to have.
I have been depressed this whole last year, I have gained weight and just feel devastated I was treated this way after his mistakes.
I booked a surgery recovery home to stay at and stayed at the hospital one night.
I received surgery the next day first thing in the morning and was brought into the surgery room where there was a room full of men and a bed with blood on it. I didn't say anything because I was feeling very intimidated. During the surgery I kept waking up to Dr.Mallol telling me to go back to sleep and to relax it was ok, It was very scary and I could feel what was going on, at some moments I wasnt even sure if he was the one doing the surgery because he was the one talking to me and patting my head while I could feel the machines in my abdomen.
Upon waking up I was very very very sick, faint and in a piles of blood. My IV was dry, I was hooked up to a blood transfusions and a catheter There was no buzzer in the room and I was yelling for the nurses.
When one would finally come they didnt speak good english and it was very hard to translate anything to them. I kept asking for pain medication and they would tell me no and to go back to sleep, it was so horrible.
Once my freezing started to wear off I realized I had no feeling in my right leg from my hip down to my toes, when the nurse came back I told her to contact the doctor to see me. I had been messaging DrMallol as well and he kept telling me it would be fine and it was just the freezing. He then came and seen me and brought the anesthesiologist with him and a few other people where they asked if I would be willing to undergo another surgery to fix it.
When he came to see me he told me I would be ok in a couple hours…. then a couple hours went by and nothing, then he said the next morning….still nothing at this time I was in a wheel chair and had no movement at all from my leg or foot and in a lot of pain.
I stayed at the recovery home and they cared for me and brought me to my appointments. Dr,Mallol arranged an MRI for me which I had to pay for and he took the package and said I was fine, I couldnt read the letter because it was not in English.
Then he set an appointment up with a neurologist at a hospital, I had a driver take me and help me find it, at this time i was still in a wheelchair and on crutches dragging my leg behind me, it took me almost 30 minutes to find my way there in insane pain, I sat there waiting for an hour and the doctor never arrived. At this time I was very sick and in pain having it only be a few days after surgery. I received a message from the recovery house saying that the neurologist I was supposed to see was not there and attending an emergency somewhere and couldnt see me so I then headed back to the recovery house. When I got back I was tired, sick, hadnt eaten, and needed to rest. At 1130pm that night DRMallol messaged me saying that the neurologist could see me and to cab there, I declined saying it was way to late and my body just couldnt do anymore walking or moving. He never rescheduled it or anything after that. Each day I got sicker and sicker, throwing up continually, and no progression in my leg. A few days went by and I had to go into emergency because I was so ill. he told me to come to his hospital to get help, when I arrived the nurses gave me a dirty bed and left me sitting there. then when Dr Mallol arrived he told them to give me some type of pain meds and something to stop the throwing up. The nurses grabbed me by the upper arms and held me down and jammed the needles into me, when the couldnt find a vein they dug it around in my arm leaving huge lumps like golf balls of air in my hands, I was terrified and crying and yelling saying the nurses were torturing me and how could he let this happen. He just laughed, then as they were dressing my garment on they would hold me up down and crush my ribs, at one point I felt like my rib was broken, it was so painful and hard to breath.
Each day was getting worse so I just needed to get back to Canada to get proper care, DrMallol signed off on are papers saying we were ok to fly and we left, we flew from dominican to mexico city where we had a lay over, while in mexico city I was still very ill had to be seen in medical, my body was cramping up, my hands, face, legs, feet and I couldnt move. Airport security brought me in and I told them I hadnt eaten yet because we left so early and had no time because by the time the wheelchaired us off the plane and through everything I hadnt had any time to do anything. After a bit they helped me to my gate and I was boarded onto the plane. After sitting I had a drink of water and immediately threw it up, the pain killers on an empty stomach was just killing my insides, the flight attendant said that had changed my flight to the the next one that left in 4 hours and had taken care of switching it for us and to go eat and try to feel a bit better. So i agreed to get off the plane and wait the 4 hours. When I got off the plane the airline people dropped us off at the front of the airport where we had to go back through it all again and were told that they changed their minds and were not going to switch our tickets now and if we wanted to leave we would have to repurchase our tickets! i started crying and told them that wasnt fair and I had no more money, they didnt care. I had to then find money to re purchase tickets so I could get home. When I finally did that I bought 2 tickets for me and my friend and we flew into vancouver bc and then I had to book another flight because I missed my connecting flight home to kelowna.
When I arrived home my family was waiting and saw me being pushed up in a wheel chair with grey skin and very sick, I was then brought to emergency here. I had to get the drains removed and receive care every second day from the clinic here to clean the open drains scars and keep mu body from infection. Ive spend days at the hospital and also had to see a plastic surgeon here to drain fluid from my body.
This has now been almost 3 months and I still have no feeling in my leg or foot. I cant drive, walk up stairs without pulling myself up, im limping, I cant do anything I used to and become very depressed. I am self employed and have 2 children an this has impacted my life so bad. DrMallol told me the insurance I bought would cover all of this and his assistant was looking after it but all she did was ignore me….basically he was telling me what I wanted to hear until the 30 was up so there was nothing i could do. I continually asked them for a copy of my contract I signed and they said I had no contract. Then I was sent a “resume”… never would they send me a scanned copy of the actual contract with my signatures on it. I am now awaiting an MRI here to see why I can feel my leg still. Dr Mallol has done nothing and when I tell him I still cant feel my leg tells me excellent or just puts it off. In his messages to me it was always I miss you, how are you baby, and so on. When I was told about this new death to add to his list I was told to contact you and see what my rights were and we we had any way to go after this monster.
In this last few months I have had loss off income, having to pay people to drive me around, pay to do the normal house hold cleaning and chores I regularly do. I cant go to the gym or be active, extensive medical bills. And he has done nothing to help or even contacted me to see how I am or if Ive made any progress.
UPDATE JANUARY 23 2020
On December 23,2019 I seen the neurologist again for the results of my 4 th MRI which was very intense and done from my head to my toes. It showed that the surgeon _DR MALLOL had made a hole in my spine and I will never be able to feel my leg again. I have had no follow up from him nor does he care that he has destroyed my life. I am only 39 years old and I will never run again or enjoy the life I used to have.
I have been depressed this whole last year, I have gained weight and just feel devastated I was treated this way after his mistakes.
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