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Article: Chinese diet pills suspected in death of Singapore woman
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- June 2, 2002
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Dateline: SINGAPORE
A Singaporean woman who fell critically ill after taking diet pills
from China has died, a hospital spokeswoman said Sunday.
Rani Raja, 43, was admitted to Gleneagles Hospital on May 9 with liver
failure suspected of being caused by the diet pills, which contained
a chemical banned in Singapore and in many other countries.
Surgeons removed Raja's liver Thursday after her condition deteriorated,
and she was sustained for about 36 hours by a dialysis machine and
ventilator. She died Saturday at 2:45 p.m. (745 GMT), said Genevieve
Woo, a hospital spokeswoman.
Raja's surgeon, Dr. K.C. Tan had warned late Friday that the woman
would die without a ...