According to the Brazilian news Web site G1, Tameka Foster, wife of Usher, was rushed to the Sirio-Libanes Hospital’s intensive care unit last Friday after a medical emergency that took place during a liposuction procedure.
Foster was said to have suffered cardiac and respiratory arrest as she was being anesthetized for the cosmetic surgery, according to the Web site. Foster had reportedly been put into a medically-induced coma for 24 hours and is currently recovering.
G1 reported that a U.S. neuro-surgeon from the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Gabriel Hunt, is handling her case. He left the Sao Paulo hospital late Monday without giving comment.
“The family has demanded total privacy. The hospital is barred from giving any information,” a spokeswoman for Sirio-Libanes told AFP.
Information from Eurweb.com contributed to this report.