So this man named Felipe Hoyos-Foronda thought he could play doctor and perform plastic surgery without a license. And let’s just say, things did not go according to plan.
This poor patient ended up brain-dead after the procedure went wrong. I mean, seriously, who in their right mind would trust an unlicensed plastic surgeon? It’s like asking for trouble.
Thankfully, the authorities got wind of what this unlicensed doctor was up to and arrested him after he attempted to flee the country. It’s about time, if you ask me. You can’t just go around pretending to be a surgeon and messing with people’s lives.
Felipe Hoyos-Foronda, 38, was running a makeshift medical office without a license out of a home on 35th Street in Astoria, police say.
The house is now under a partial vacate order, which states “first apartment operating as a medical office with medical exam table, cosmetic injectable syringes, exam lights.”
According to police, a 31-year-old woman went to Hoyos-Foronda’s home Friday to have her butt implants removed.
During the procedure, something apparently went terribly wrong.
Hoyos-Foronda called EMS and then took off, police say. When officers arrived at the home, they found the 31-year-old woman unresponsive.
Detectives say they got Hoyos-Foronda’s information and picture from the building landlord.
The city’s license plate reader system then got a hit on his vehicle on the Van Wyck Expressway near John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Hoyos-Foronda was taken into custody at the airport. Police say he had a ticket for a flight to Colombia.
According to a criminal complaint, Hoyos-Foronda admitted to “performing the surgical procedure on the victim without a license to do so” and stated he “administered lidocaine via a syringe, causing her to go into cardiac arrest.”
Officials say the woman remains hospitalized, and that she has no brain activity and demonstrates signs of lidocaine toxicity.
So let this be a lesson to all of you out there: always do your research and make sure the person wielding the scalpel is legit. Trust me, it’s not worth risking your life just to save a few bucks.
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