There was Ms. Bernal, whose boyfriend left her after the botched surgeries, and Mileidi Pimienta, whose complaint led to the investigation of Mr. Silvestre.

In some parts of the country, where plastic surgery is still less common than podiatry, the news of the botched surgeries might not resonate so loudly.

However, mass sterilization efforts resulted in lack of cleanliness and careful technique, potentially resulting in botched surgeries and other complications.

Mr. Carr's involve a botched surgery years ago, which resulted in an internal scar mass that causes his body to keel to the right.

Limbaugh stated his addiction to painkillers resulted from several years of severe back pain heightened by a botched surgery intended to correct those problems.

Ms. Almonte's life changed, too; a botched abdominal surgery in 1991, she says, left her depressed, disabled and dependent upon friends for medication.

Kenneth Patchen struggled with chronic pain from a back injury for many years before he finally became incapacitated when his injury was severely aggravated by a botched surgery in 1959.

The biggest NHS scandal in botched surgery involved Rodney Ledward, who dubbed himself "the fastest gynaecologist in the South East".

In June 1983, a distraught husband takes the General Hospital cafeteria hostage, after a botched surgery by Monica Quartermaine leads to the death of his wife.