Surgeon who killed woman during botched boob job operation reveals her biggest regret By Australian Associated Press Published: 05:11 EDT, 31 May 2024 | Updated: 05:16 EDT, 31 May 2024 e-mail View comments A woman who flew from China to perform an illegal - and ultimately fatal - breast augmentation surgery blames herself and says she was not familiar with 'Australian ways'. Jean Huang, 35, died after the September 2017 procedure that involved hyaluronic acid being injected into her breasts as filler. Paramedics attended the scene after a triple-zero call and were able to restart Ms Huang's heart.
But she was pronounced brain dead in hospital and had her life support turned off. Jean Huang, 35, died after the September 2017 procedure that involved hyaluronic acid being injected into her breasts as filler Jie Shao was convicted of manslaughter in March after a Sydney jury found she engaged in the unlawful act of injecting Ms Huang with a dangerous dosage of anaesthetic. Shao had flown from China to Australia roughly a day before the surgery and now faces the prospect of a lengthy jail sentence.
Reading from sections of a psychological report during a sentence hearing in Downing Centre District Court on Friday, Shao's barrister Winston Terracini SC quoted her as saying: 'I blame myself.' 'Her passing will stay with me throughout my life,' Mr Terracini quoted his client as saying. 'It may not have happened if I had not come to Australia.
'I'm not familiar with Australian ways, a.
