Lorena Muniz. (Instagram)
Lorena Muniz, a 25-year-old trans woman from Brazil described by loved ones as “full of life”, was left to die by medics after a fire engulfed a clinic.
Sedated, Muniz was awaiting a scheduled breast augmentation at Saúde Aqui, in the Liberdade district of São Paulo, when the air conditioning system short-circuited and caused a fire, witnesses said.
Surgeons abandoned Muniz as flames ripped through the building on 17 February, leaving her to die, according to local media.
“My daughter was treated like a piece of meat on the operating table,” Muniz’s mother, Elisângela, said, according to