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It is sad to state, but none of us can be one hundred percent insured against medical errors. And it does not matter whether you seek help from a recognized luminary somewhere in a private clinic, or go to a district hospital to see an inexperienced therapist.
Of course, it is not necessary to slander the entire healthcare system or consider all Russian doctors insufficiently qualified because of isolated cases, but if health problems arise, we urge you to be more careful with the choice of a specialist and make informed decisions regarding your health, and not blindly rely on everything for a man in a white coat.
Many domestic celebrities have learned through their bitter experience what the incompetence of doctors can turn into.
We present 10 Russian stars who fell victim to medical errors.
10 Natalia Bardo
As a child, Natalia was seriously involved in ballet, and during one of the classes she injured her knee. Many years later, this old injury resurfaced.
Someone from her acquaintances advised the girl to turn to an eminent Moscow specialist, who stunned her with a terrible diagnosis of “bone necrosis”.
For three months, Natalya thought that she would become disabled, ate handfuls of calcium and walked with a cane. As a result, her husband, sensing something was wrong, sent Natalya for a consultation at a Los Angeles clinic. American doctors only laughed at the conclusion of the Russian colleague.
It turned out that Bardo had problems due to a lack of body weight – the joints could not cope with intense physical activity.
9. Larisa Dolina
This legend of the Russian scene has also become a victim of a medical error in her life. As a result of an unsuccessful trip to the dentist, Dolina had to cancel several concerts and New Year’s Eve filming.
Who would have thought that an ordinary procedure in one of the prestigious Moscow clinics would suddenly turn into a big nuisance for the artist.
The thing is that the dentist, when injecting an anesthetic into the jaw, touched the vessel, due to which the singer developed a massive swelling of the face, which did not go away for several days.
The star was partially impaired diction, as a result of which she had to cancel several performances.
8. Tatyana Totmyanina
The famous figure skater and wife of Alexei Yagudin Tatyana Totmyanina, due to a medical error, underwent four operations, which, as it turned out later, she did not need at all.
The fact is that in one of the training sessions the girl broke her leg. However, six months after the therapy, she realized that the pains were not only not decreasing, but were becoming more and more intense.
As a result, Tatyana turned to German doctors for help, who later reported that all the operations performed earlier had only harmed her leg.
7. Julia Nachalova
Yulia Nachalova, shortly before her tragic death, admitted that she had enlarged her breasts in the United States in the past, and the singer approached this matter with great meticulousness.
As a result, the operation was performed in a well-known clinic, where similar operations were performed on many world stars. At first glance, Yulia successfully underwent surgery and remained in the United States for another three months, where she was regularly checked by doctors, as she felt a little discomfort.
However, local doctors assured her that this happens, and that all her discomfort is just an individual reaction of the body to the surgical manipulation.
As a result, Nachalova became ill right on the plane: the singer had a sharp rise in temperature, and she felt pain in her chest. As a result, she needed another plastic surgery. According to Yulia, the doctors then “cut off the excess”.
6. Elena Presnyakova
This singer always looks great – a stunning toned body and a face that is practically untouched by time. Not all even her younger colleagues in the shop can boast of such wealth. However, as it turned out, Presnyakova’s harmony is a consequence of a medical error.
According to the singer, a few years ago she decided to get herself several dental implants. Due to an incorrectly performed dental procedure, it still hurts for Elena to chew. As a result, she began to eat less and prefers to avoid solid food, from which, accordingly, her body weight is kept at the same mark.
5. Olga Prokofieva
The star of the popular series “My Fair Nanny” has repeatedly admitted to reporters that she is very sorry that she could give birth to only one child in her entire life.
The fact is that during pregnancy and childbirth, the actress had to endure a lot of negativity due to medical negligence or elementary incompetence.
Since then, the fear of childbirth has always remained in her heart, which prevented her from becoming a mother of many children, as she once dreamed of.
4. Shura
It’s no secret that the outrageous singer, whose hits in the 90s occupied the leading lines of all the charts, had to endure a serious oncological disease.
As a result of chemotherapy, Alexander Medvedev (real name Shura) gained several tens of extra pounds. To get rid of this cosmetic effect, he turned to plastic surgeons for help.
As a result, after unsuccessfully performed liposuction, the singer began to notice that fat began to disproportionately accumulate in the upper body, which is why Alexander suffers to this day.
3. Maria
The star of Univer, a former deputy of the State Duma and a mother of many children, still remembers with trepidation how she was operated on by mistake in childhood, confusing her with another patient.
The actress told reporters that as a teenager she ended up in the hospital with suspected appendicitis. The results of laboratory tests did not confirm the fears of doctors, but Kozhevnikova’s operation was nevertheless carried out.
Maria said that early in the morning she was lifted out of bed, given an injection and laid on the operating table. The actress to this day cannot remember without bitterness what she had to go through then. According to her, the operation was carried out by student interns who confused her with another patient.
2. Kirill Andreev
At the age of 17, the soloist of Ivanushki almost lost his life due to a medical error. Then Kirill developed a high temperature, fever and delirium began, but the doctor diagnosed the young man with an ordinary acute respiratory viral infection.
Only the mother of the future star did not agree with the verdict of an incompetent physician and nevertheless achieved hospitalization.
As it turned out later, her intuition did not fail her – Cyril was diagnosed with appendicitis, which needed emergency surgical intervention.
1. Nikita Presnyakov
The son of Christina Orbakaite, Nikita Presnyakov, also became a victim of a medical error not so long ago. The thing is that the guy got a broken leg while riding a skateboard. Presnyakov went to the emergency room, while the doctors could not diagnose the fracture, recommending that the artist use an ointment.
Two weeks later, Nikita decided to have an MRI as his condition continued to deteriorate. It turned out that Presnyakov had broken off part of his ankle, and if he had not sought professional help, then such a story could have ended sadly. After that, Nikita had to move around with crutches for another three weeks.