SIGN THAT THE HEAT ARE BRINGING THE HEAT. >> Nichole: DEFINITELY A SIGN.
>> Calvin: TONIGHT LOCAL 10
INVESTIGATES WHY SEVERAL SOUTH
FLORIDA COSMETIC SURGERY CLINICS
WERE SUDDENLY SHUT DOWN.
>> Eden: EVEN AFTER ONE CLINIC
WAS ORDERED SHUT, STAFF SENT HER
TO HAVE ANOTHER OPERATION, LEAD
ING TO SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS
>> NEW BODY CAM VIDEO SHOWS THE
MOMENT THE CITY’S BUILDING
OFFICIAL SHUT DOWN THIS COSMETIC
SURGERY CLINIC.
>> WHAT HAPPENED?
>> EARLY MARCH ACTING ON A TIP,
THEY FOUND THE ENTIRE FACILITY
RENOVATED WITHOUT PERMITS.
PRIOR INSPECTIONS OR LICENSING
TO EVEN OPERATE AS A BUSINESS.
PATIENTS WAITING ON PROCEDURES
INSIDE MIAMI AESTHETIC CENTER,
ORDERED TO EVACUATE.
SOME OF THEM IN VARIOUS STAGES
OF ANESTHESIA.
>> INSPECTORS SAY THESE
DISCOVERIED FOLLOWED A PATTERN
OF PERMIT VIOLATIONS.
DEEMING THE BUILDING UNSAFE.
THE BUILDING OFFICIAL EXPLAINING
THE PROBLEM TO THE COMPANY’S
ATTORNEY.
>> WE DON’T HAVE THAT CONDITION.
>> WE LEARNED IT ISN’T THE ONLY
CLINIC ABRUPTLY SHUT DOWN.
BOTH PRESTIGE AESTHETIC CENTER
AND UNIQUE AESTHETICS LOCATED ON
NORTHWEST TWELFTH STREET WERE
CLOSED FOR SIMILAR VIOLATIONS.
>> HOW IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE THAT
PEOPLE STRUGGLE TO EVEN OPEN UP
A DINER.
LIKE THEY JUST WINGED IT.
THIS PATIENT SAID SHE WAS
SCHEDULED TO GET WHAT IS KNOWN
AS A MOMMY MAKEOVER.
AT MIAMI AESTHETIC CENTER, BUT
THEN THE CLINIC WAS SHUT DOWN.
SHE WAS TOLD SHE COULD STILL GET
HER SURGERY, BUT AT A DIFFERENT
CLINIC.
WHOSE BIO APPEARS ON BOTH CLINIC
’S WEBSITES.
>> IN THE SENSE THAT THEY DIDN’T
WANT TO MISS OUT ON MONEY.
>> A LAST MINUTE EMAIL MERELY
PROVIDED A STREET ADDRESS
INSTRUCTING HER WHERE TO SHOW UP
>> THE MOMENT I WENT IN THE O.R.
ROOM I FELT THIS DEAD ENERGY,
WHERE I AM LIKE THIS DOES NOT
FEEL SAFE.
>> LOCAL 10 HAS LEARNED DESPITE
THE MANDATES CLOSURES THE CALL
CENTER FOR SOME OF THESE CLINICS
IS STILL BOOKING PATIENTS.
REFERRING THEM TO OTHER CLINICS
THROUGHOUT SOUTH FLORIDA.
SOME OPERATING UNDER DIFFERENT
NAMES.
THE CALL CENTER WORKERS ALSO
SAID SOME OF THE PROCEDURES ARE
TAKING PLACE AT JOLIE PLASTIC
SURGERY.
WHICH FROM THE OUTSIDE APPEARS
VACANT.
>> I WENT THERE SEVERAL TIMES TO
GET DRAINED.
BUT THE LAST TIME I NOTICED WAS
THAT THE SIGN WAS TAKEN OFF.
>> SHE WAS SENT DIRECTLY TO
JOLIE PLASTIC SURGERY FOR HER
POST OPRAHTIVE CARE.
SO THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOME
TYPE OF AN AGREEMENT THERE, IF
NOT THE SAME OWNERSHIP.
>> THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTS TWO
WOMEN WHO SAID THEY HAD SURGERY
BOOKED WITH MIAMI AESTHETIC
CENTER, AND SUFFERED SERIOUS
COMPLICATIONS.
>> ONE OF THE LADIES, THE YOUNG
LADIES I REPRESENT.
IT LOOKED LIKE NOBODY WAS IN
SCRUBBED.
NONE OF THE MEDICAL PERSONNEL
WERE ACTUALLY DRESSED TO PERFORM
THIS PROCEDURE.
>> INCLUDING THE WOMAN WE SPOKE
TO, WHO SAYS SHE HAD GO TO THE
EMERGENCY ROOM AFTER DEVELOPING
SEVERE INFECTIONS AND ACCEPT SIS
DOCUMENTS SHE SIGNED WITH MIAMI
AESTHETIC CENTER SHOW HER DOCK
TO CLAIMING TO CARRY NO MEDICAL
MALPRACTICE INSURANCE.
ACCORDING TO HIS DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH PROFILE, HE CLAIMS HE
DOES HAVE PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY
COVERAGE.
THE PATIENT WE SPOKE WITH SAYS
SHE NOW FACES MORE SURGERY TO
FIX WHAT WASN’T DONE RIGHT THE
FIRST TIME.
>> I DON’T WISH THAT UPON
ANYBODY ELSE TO HAVE TOGA THERE
THAT.
>> EACH OF THE CLINICS IS
REPRESENT BED I THE SAME LAW
FIRM.
WE HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT FOR
WEEKS TO THE ATTORNEY WHO TELLS
US WE WILL BE RECEIVING A
STATEMENT RESPONDING TO SOME OF
OUR QUESTIONS.
AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE NOT YET
HEARD BACK.
LOCAL 10 NEWS.
>> Nichole: AND EARLIER TONIGHT
WE DID RECEIVE THIS STATEMENT.
SAYING QUOTE, OUR FIRM IS
CURRENTLY REPRESENTING MIAMI
AESTHETIC CENTER THEFT I BELIEVE
CENTER, UNIQUE AESTHETIC CENTER,
AND PRESTIGE AESTHETIC CENTER
THEFTISH INCENTER.
IN ORDER A AVOID FURTHER IN IN
CON SEEN YENS, AND CLINICS
MADE ARRANGE MOMENTS THAT ALLOW
ED FOR MOST OF THE
PROCEDURES TO PROCEED WITH THEIR
SURGERIES.
AND THE DIFFERENT COMPANY
POLICIES FOLLOWED BY EACH CLINIC
ADDITIONALLY, EACH COMPANY IS
WORKING WITH THE CITY IN ADDRESS