Foreigners and Dominicans are warned to not risk invasive operations in makeshift esthetics clinics. But once again, a woman is reported dead after undergoing a procedure this time at the Clinica de Cirugia Estetica Dermostetic.
The Ministry of Public Health and Attorney General acted and temporary shutdown the clinic, after the death of Julia Arias Almonte. The supervisors who visited the clinic after the death of Julia Arias Almonte on Wednesday, 2 January 2019, gave 48 hours to the patients to clear the center prior to its provisional closing. Those that were interned were allowed to remain until they are fit to leave, announced Bruno Calderon Troncoso, in charge of Habilitacion y Acreditacion for the Ministry of Public Health. Arias’ mother attributed the death of her daughter to negligence. She said that the clinic did not have the equipment to respond to a post-operation emergency. She said the liposculpture operation should not have proceeded because her daughter was phalcemic, a condition she had communicated to the physicians. Dr. Jesus Ramos, of the clinic, said that the studies carried out did not indicate she had the condition.
When requiring invasive services, the general public is advised to only request the services of physicians affiliated with the Dominican Society of Plastic Surgery that maintains high standards in the training and adequacy of clinics where they operate.
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Diario Libre
Sodocipre
7 January 2019
