By Matt Roper
A plastic surgeon to the stars is on the run following the death of a woman hours after receiving injections to enlarge her bottom.
HSBC bank manager Lilian Calixto, 46, travelled to Rio de Janeiro to undergo the procedure
Furtado is a regular on Brazilian TV and has more than 647,000 Instagram followers. He boasts of performing more than 8,000 bottom-enlargement surgeries, with the rich and famous among his clients.
Married mother-of-two Ms Calixto, from Cuiaba, central Brazil, reportedly arrived at Furtado’s apartment in the Barra da Tijuca district of Rio on Saturday night.
It is believed she had booked to have PMMA acrylic fillers injected to increase the size of her buttocks, as well as a hormone implant to treat symptoms of menopause.
Soon after having the injections at 10pm, she reportedly fell ill and started gasping for air, and her condition quickly deteriorated. Furtado took her to the local Barra D’Or hospital where she was admitted in an “extremely severe condition, unresponsive to manoeuvres”.
She died at 1am. According to a hospital source, the plastic surgeon inadvertently injected the product into one of Ms Calixto’s arteries, resulting in the formation of a clot that would have ruptured in her heart.
Yesterday police arrested the nurse who assisted in the procedure, as well as Furtado’s girlfriend. The surgeon is considered a fugitive of justice after officers were unable to locate him when a judge issued an arrest warrant for him.
On his Instagram page Furtado has posted dozens of “before and after” photos of bottoms of his patients. A recent video shows him with Flavia Tamario, a contestant on last year’s popular Miss Bumbum competition.
He kisses Flavia and calls her his “most grateful patient” after she says: “I’m here with Dr Bumbum. I’ll be this Wednesday on the Superpop channel, realising my dream.”
On his Facebook page Furtado boasts: “I have gained my different nicknames and the most recent is DR BUMBUM and that makes me very proud.”
Ms Calixto’s husband, Osmar Jamberci, told Brazil’s Extra newspaper she had told family and friends she was going to have the hormone implant, but did not mention the buttocks enlargement.
The couple, who had been married for 20 years, have a 13-year-old daughter. Ms Calixto also had a 23-year-old son from a previous relationship.
Rio de Janeiro’s regional medical council is also investigating.