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“Death on the Operating Table”

This past week, Ester Schwartz reported on the plastic surgery procedures that have lately turned into the newest trend amongst the Israeli girls who visit their Israeli doctors in the city. All the while, the tragic death of eighteen-year-old Mor Glisko arose: The unfortunate story where a simple plastic surgery procedure ended in a disastrous failure.

During this past Thanksgiving, a rumor spread throughout Brooklyn. The young and beautiful Mor Glisko died during a simple nose-job procedure done by Israeli surgeon, Dr. Yoel Shachar. Tali and Uzi Glisko, the stunned parents, that desperately stood by their beloved daughter’s hospital bed in Lennox Hill, Manhattan, begged doctors to continue helping their lifeless daughter in hopes that she would miraculously come back to life. They couldn’t fathom how a simple surgery that their daughter had undergone in a private clinic could turn into such a tragedy.

As soon as Mor arrived at the hospital, doctors knew that the chances of reviving her were slim to none. Twenty minutes into the as-it-is short surgery, Mor’s heart ceased to beat, from what at first seemed to be an overdose of anesthesia. The EMT that arrived at the heartbreaking scene at the clinic managed to restart her heartbeat, however, they couldn’t have saved her completely.

Close to one thousand people, teachers, friends and family arrived at the funeral home in Borough Park on Saturday night. All were there to give their condolences and to listen or take part in the many eulogies that were said in Mor’s memory. The actual burial took place the following night in Jerusalem, yet Mor’s parents could not be there due to their lack of Green card.
On Sunday afternoon, Mor’s parents, Tali and Uzi, her younger sisters Nofar and Taylor, and their Grandma Frieda, who immediately arrived from Israel when informed about her unconscious granddaughter, heard Mor’s eulogy through a telecommunications device as it was given in Jerusalem.

The Anger and the Misery:

In Bergen beach, Brooklyn, were the Gliskos reside, Mor’s parents and family sat Shiva over their daughter and incessantly thought of how Mor's longed- for dream turned into a living nightmare. Uzi, Mor’s father, is extremely angry with the doctors who brought his daughter to her death. “I will not rest until those doctors pay the price!” he said, referring to Dr. Yoel Shachar and his anesthesiologist.

Dr. Shachar also has his own practice in Israel where he visits once a month to perform plastic surgery on his abroad patients. Uzi insisted that, “The way that he destroyed my daughter is the way he himself will be dealt with. I strongly urge the public to check doctors thoroughly before getting into anything, as opposed to just listening to recommendations.”

Tali, Mor’s mom, struggles to refer to her daughter in the past tense. She holds onto anything that reminds her of Mor, be it an article of clothing, or something her daughter once owned. Furthermore, she willingly chooses to live in denial, claiming, “I’m just going to believe that Mor went off to study abroad in Bar-Ilan University in Israel, the way she always wanted.

About Mor:

Mor was six-years-old when she and her family moved to America. She always wanted to return to visit her loving family, but had to wait for her Green Card. She studied in Yeshiva Rambam of Brooklyn, and knew exactly what she wanted out of life. She aspired to one day become a lawyer and hopefully build a family of her own.

Throughout her life, Mor was constantly surrounded by friends, had the body of a model, and a face of a superstar. However, just one thing bothered her, her nose. A year ago, she was in a car accident and survived with a couple of bruises and the infamous broken nose. Over the course of the year, Mor had undergone a series of constructional surgeries, where she was completely anesthetized, but only when she went to Dr. Shachar did she have extremely dramatic results.

How did you find Dr. Yoel Shachar?
Tali explained how she found Dr. Shachar: “Through a cosmetician in Brooklyn. We also checked another place that offered the surgery for cheaper, but we were really impressed by Dr. Shachar.” He checked Mor's blood prior to the proceedure and claimed that everything was fine. He added that Mor would have to fast a day in advance, prior to her surgery. Mor was completely ecstatic. Finally her dream was coming true. She took a last and final picture of herself before the operation, in order to see the before and after images and results.

Wednesday morning, the whole family awoke especially early to wish Mor good luck, and for everyone else, the rest of the day took its course as it always would. Tali and Mor arrived at the clinic and paid their $5,000.00. Mor once again met her doctor and anesthesiologist. She kissed and hugged her mom goodbye, and entered the operation room.

Tali prepared Mor's change of clothes in the recovery room and went to get a cup of coffee. When she returned, she saw EMT trucks, fire trucks, and police cars surrounding the clinic. Dr. Shachar walked up to her, took her hand, and apologized, explaining that Mor’s heart stopped beating twenty minutes into the operation and that it wasn’t his fault, rather it seemed as though she had received an overdose of anesthesia.

Tali was stunned and started screaming for her daughter. They rushed Mor to the nearest hospital, Lennox Hill. In a separate ambulance, all the while Tali thought and prayed that the EMT had managed to revive her daughter. When Tali arrived at Lennox Hill, Mor was already in the Emergency Room hooked up to life support. Soon after, Uzi arrived. “I drove like a maniac, and never thought for a second that Mor’s situation was so critical. When I saw that hardly any doctors were coming to her bedside often enough, I realized that her chances of living were very slim. It is one of the hardest things a parent can possibly go through.”

The anesthesiologist disappeared by noon, while Shachar stayed till seven P.M. The staff at Lennox Hill did all they could to revive Mor, buy the next morning, a half hour after her grandmother arrived, she passed away. Her parents screamed and begged the doctors to try and salvage her life, and again, it lead to no avail. That same morning, Dr. Shachar arrived, but when he was informed that Mor had died, he disappeared for good. Till this day, he is unable to be contacted.

The Natural Decision:

The doctor and nurse staff surrounded Mor’s bed along with her family and cried together. The staff was so kind and allowed an extra four hours for family and friends to come and part respectfully from their loved one. Another set of doctors came to see if the family wanted an autopsy done on their daughter. After consulting with Rabbis, the Gliskos went through with allowing an autopsy to clearly determine what had really happened to their daughter. After a few hours, without even dissecting the body, doctors understood that her mysterious death stemmed from an irresponsible mal-practice.

Uzi, Mor’s father urges the public not to go to a doctor solely based on recommendations and referrals, rather it is vital to thoroughly check each and every doctor before turning to one. Today, this information cannot help out his own daughter, but it could definitely open eyes to many others.

Translated courtesy of: Elinor Akrab

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