She died on operating table; now her South Bay surgeon and nurse head to prison

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She died on operating table; now her South Bay surgeon and nurse head to prison
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Megan Espinoza, a 36-year-old mother of two and local kindergarten teacher, died while undergoing a breast augmentation operation

A South Bay plastic surgeon and nurse charged in the death of a patient who was undergoing a breast augmentation operation at their Bonita clinic were sentenced Friday to state prison terms.

Prosecutors allege the pair delayed contacting emergency services for about three hours after Espinoza went into cardiac arrest at Chacon's clinic, Divino Plastic Surgery. He also saw other patients during that three hour period until, eventually, emergency services were called and Espinoza was hospitalized. She died more than a month after undergoing the operation.

The judge suggested Chacon delayed calling 911 because it would be discovered he had instructed Vass and other medical staff members to administer anesthesia to Espinoza and other patients, despite them being unqualified to do so. She also said an ambulance pulling up to the clinic while prospective patients were at the office would hurt him from a business standpoint.

"I am sure this court can appreciate how painful and heart-wrenching it is to tell this version of events to two young boys who do not understand why their lives are turned upside down without their mother," he said.

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