American woman dies after butt-lift surgery in Dom Republic

A New York City Department of Correction officer passed away after receiving plastic surgery at a clinic run by a controversial doctor in the Dominican Republic.

According to the New York Daily News, Tandra Bowser-Williams jetted off to the Dominican Republic on May 13 for a fat transfer/Brazilian butt lift (BBL) surgery under the knife of Dr Hector Cabral at his Centro Internacional de Cirugia Plastica Avanzada clinic in Santo Domingo.

Shortly after the procedure, the 29-year-old mother suffered a stroke.

Bowser-Williams' husband of 26 years Curtis Williams told the Daily News that she contacted him prior to her death to express her satisfaction with Cabral's work.

"They brought my wife out of the medically induced coma so she could unlock her phone, so

"Her exact words to me were "You're gonna love Dr Cabral's work.' I didn't care one way or another. I accepted my wife the way she was, "Williams told the Daily News.

"They brought my wife out of the medically induced coma so she could unlock her phone, so that's how she was able to get in touch with me," he added.

Shortly after the phone call, he was contacted by a nurse who he alleged informed him that she was not doing okay.

The hospital made arrangements for Williams to be brought to the DR to be at his wife's side but she died before he could arrive on the island.

BBLs are listed as some of the most dangerous surgeries in the world since the risk of death from an accidental injection of fat into large veins, which then travels up to the heart, lungs or brain, is high.