Russian influencer Marina Lebedeva has died during a rhinoplasty procedure to “correct” the shape of her nose. Doctors at the elite Artibeaut Clinic in St Petersburg said the 31-year-old’s body temperature soared after she was given anesthetics for the surgery.  The clinic said it called an ambulance, but the image consultant passed away despite attempts by plastic surgeons and paramedics to save her life. A video of the surgery recorded by Russian national broadcaster RenTV will be used as evidence in the criminal investigation opened by authorities in St Petersburg. The surgeons face up to six years in jail if they are convicted of medical negligence.

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Marina Lebedeva’s husband rushed home from a business trip and is now taking care of their young son.

One media report said the doctors were shocked over the tragic, “once in a million” incident.

Atibeaut Clinic’s director Alexander Efremov said Marina had passed several tests before highly- trained medics carried out the rhinoplasty surgery.

“A forensic medical examination will be carried out, but I can say that we performed the surgery according to all normal standards,” he said in a statement. “If some violation occurred, it would be the first such case.”

Marina could have passed away due to a genetic condition, media reports quoted Efremov as saying.

The Russian Investigative Committee said it was seeking “to establish the circumstances and cause of the woman’s death.”

In February, Leyla Sonmez, a 24-year-old student, died of multiple organ failure after undergoing rhinoplasty surgery in the Turkish city of Adana.

Doctors had assured Leyla’s family that she would fine within a few days despite her telling friends she had started to spit blood and developed severe abdominal pain after the surgery.

Leyla’s father Ali Haydar Sonmez claimed that his daughter’s death was caused due to medical negligence and filed a criminal complaint.

The plastic surgeon denied the allegations and said the student’s braces might have caused the infection which eventually led to her death.

An autopsy showed that there was no negligence in Leyla’s death, following which the prosecutor’s office dropped the case against the hospital and doctor in question.