Acting Santiago prosecutor Aura Luz Garcia has ordered the closure of the Institute for Weight Loss, Body Esthetics and Gynecology (IDEAMEC) in Santiago after a two-hour interrogation of gynecologist Oscar Polanco and lawyer Aulio Collado Anico representing the beauty clinic where two women died last week.
Garcia said the clinic would remain closed for as long as the investigations require. The center is located on Avenida Republica de Argentina in Urbanizacion Esmeralda.
On Saturday, 21 February 2015, 39-year old Sara de los Angeles Martinez of Santiago died after complications following a liposuction operation. Just two days earlier, on Thursday, 19 February, 24-year old Ely Estephany Pena Plasencio died after another cosmetic procedure.
The clinic was closed several times in 2010 and 2011 following the deaths of other women.
Neither Dr. Polanco nor the clinic are affiliated to the Dominican Society of Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (Sodocipre).
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