2023-11-01 07:47:00
They closed a beauty center in Almagro for illegal practice of medicine
A beauty center in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Almagro was closed for practicing the illegal practice of medicine. In addition to treatments that are typical of cosmiatry, the establishment offered through its social networks others that can only be carried out by health professionals, but its manager did not have any registration that would qualify him to practice.
This Tuesday, the Police of the City of Buenos Aires raided the business that later ended up being closed by government agencies following verifying that “illegal treatments were carried out that were detrimental to health,” police sources reported.
The Criminal, Contraventional and Misdemeanor Prosecutor’s Office Number 22, headed by Dr. Minicis, requested the intervention of the staff of the Crimes Against Health and Personal Safety Division last September to carry out investigative tasks aimed at determining whether in three properties in At 100 Muñiz Street, medicine was practiced illegally.
In this framework, members of the Buenos Aires security force began to carry out surveillance tasks, maintaining discretion in the vicinity of the indicated address with the objective of verifying whether the suspected activities occurred in an apartment on the first floor and in two on the ground floor.
The City Police led the raid carried out this Tuesday
Finally, the investigators managed to determine that a beauty center called “Bellezia” operated there. The person responsible for it offered different types of services through their social networks such as platelet-rich treatments, deep facial cleansing, glow skin and buttocks pro-up, among others.
Although most of the procedures are specific to cosmiatry, there are others that require intradermal applications and can only be performed by health professionals. This is where the irregularity is found due to which the place ended up being closed: “The person in charge did not have any registration to support his preparation to carry out the same, putting the health and lives of those who attended for treatment at risk,” It was reported through a statement.
In effect, the Court of First Instance for Criminal, Contravention and Misdemeanors Number 10 before Secretariat Number 19, headed by Dr. Cruz Casas, issued the corresponding search warrant for the units on the first floor and the ground floor that were being investigated.
The City Police burst into the place where the person responsible was with his employees, a man and two women. All of them were notified for violation of Article 208 of the Penal Code, which penalizes those who carry out an illegal and irresponsible practice of medicine.
The place offered through its social networks treatments that are typical of cosmiatry, but others that can only be performed by health professionals, and the person in charge did not have any registration.
During the raid carried out on Tuesday, a large quantity of disposable needles, hypodermic needles, disposable syringes, antioxidant vitamins, tension threads, hyaluronic acids, three devices for dermatological treatments, a cell phone, a posnet and a large amount of documentation were seized. of interest to the cause.
The procedure had the collaboration of the Judicial Investigation Corps (CIJ) and the General Directorate of Inspection and Control (DGFyC), which proceeded to close the properties on the ground floor for not having authorization to carry out the activity. It should be noted that the first-floor apartment that was also under suspicion might not be found to be involved.
It is the second beauty center that was closed in recent days. On October 26, City Police personnel intervened in a store in the Villa Urquiza neighborhood where illegal products, risky to health, were manufactured and sold.
Among the objects found that were not authorized for sale were micro-dermabrasion, electroporator, ultracavitator, radiofrequency and stimulators.
The person responsible was charged with the irregular manufacture and marketing of machinery for medical use without authorization from the National Administration of Medicines, Food and Medical Technology (Anmat) or the Ministry of Health.
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