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# Trans woman dies in hospital fire after being left by staff
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/trans-woman-dies-in-hospital-fire-after-being-left-by-staff/
- Published: 2021-02-27T18:30:15.000Z
- Updated: 2021-02-26T13:33:35.000Z
- Description: Lorena Muniz, a 25-year-old trans woman living in Brazil, died in a fire at the Saúde Aqui clinic after being left on the operating table by hospital staff who fled the scene.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: Health, News, Brazil, LGBTQ, South America, Trans Rights, Transgender

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Lorena Muniz

**Lorena Muniz**, a 25-year-old trans woman living in **Brazil**, died in a fire at the Saúde Aqui clinic after being left on the operating table by hospital staff who fled the scene. According to local news outlet [*Universa*,](https://www.uol.com.br/universa/noticias/redacao/2021/02/21/mulher-trans-morre-dias-apos-ser-deixada-sedada-em-clinica-durante-incendio.htm?ref=scenemag.co.uk) Muniz was undergoing breast augmentation surgery on February 17, when the air-conditioning unit in the clinic malfunctioned and started a fire. Staff fled the building, leaving Muniz to die in the fire.

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Following her death, Muniz’s mother, Elisângela, said: *“My daughter was treated like a piece of meat on the operating table. The doctor could have pulled the stretcher with him, carried my daughter on his shoulder, whatever, but he couldn’t have left her there.”* She described Lorena as “very beautiful, hardworking, and full of life.” Muniz’s husband, Washington, also spoke out, saying it was her *“dream”* to undergo the surgery, adding that her life ‘was only worth $4000 \[the cost of the surgery\] to the doctors’.

State representative **Erica Malunguinho** said many trans Brazilians are ‘victims’ of unsafe transitional surgeries: *“Many trans girls are victims of clinics that perform surgical procedures that do not guarantee the safety and quality of procedures. It’s a reality in Brazil.”* Local trans activist **Erika Hilton** added: *“No life should be lost in this way.”*

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