A native Dominican city of Santiago 28-year-old Manuel Jose Nunez, who moved to live in new York, died after plastic surgery Caribbean Plastic Surgery Clinic in the capital of the Dominican Republic is Santo Domingo.
Manuel Jose Nunez with a friend
The man’s mother Teresa de Jesus Batista Ramirez told Telemundo47 that this was his third liposuction procedure. When her son for a long time did not Wake up after surgery, the staff assured that this is normal. But she began to worry for her son’s life when he noticed that his skin turned yellow.
Dr. Marta Vargas, Director of the clinic, said the patient spent the cosmetic surgery to remove fat deposits in the gluteal region. At 6 p.m. at Nunez began breathing. Doctors tried to resuscitate him but he died from respiratory failure.
According to local media, at the doctor’s clinic was not licensed to conduct plastic surgery. According to the Dominican newspaper «El Caribe», a doctor who performed the procedure, was Oscar Polanco. The newspaper claims that he’s a gynecologist, not a plastic surgeon.
In 2015, Polanco was jailed for three months after three women died in Body Weight Loss and Aesthetic Institute (IDEAMEC), according to Acento. In 2016 he was arrested in connection with the death of a person who has undergone cosmetic surgery Doctora Maritza Jimenez Medical Center. This case is still in court.
Oscar Polanco after his arrest
The family told PIX11 that they are waiting for the autopsy before you decide to press charges or not.
Medical center Caribbean Plastic Surgery Clinic is actively attracting clientele from the United States. In the advertisement of the clinic written in Spanish: «We’ll pay your ticket and seven days in the recovery center.» The promotion applies only to «U.S. residents».
