Private hospitals left to sort out problems caused by beauty clinics
More people are seeking help for botched treatments, says association
Private hospitals are seeing more and more patients seeking help after visiting beauty clinics like DR, the president of the Association of Cosmetic Surgery said yesterday.
Walter King Wing-keung said some patients had infections after treatments in beauty salons or mainland and overseas clinics.
An infection following an "anti-cancer" blood transfusion recommended by a DR clinic is being blamed for leaving one woman dead this week from septic shock. She and three other women received the same treatment.
The three other women remained in hospital last night.
King said other patients seen by private hospitals needed further surgery to correct mistakes.
As the health minister announced a review of the regulations governing the beauty industry, King outlined rules he wants to see introduced to guarantee customers' safety.