Chinanews.com, December 2. According to Hong Kong's "Wen Wei Po" report, a beauty salon on Shanghai Street in Jordan, Hong Kong was involved in 3 cases of poisoning after injection of botulinum toxin (Botox).
According to the referral of the Department of Health, the police arrested 4 people on the 1st on suspicion of "practicing as a doctor without registration" (commonly known as "practicing medicine without a license"), "assisting in practicing medicine without a license", and "conspiring to practice medicine without a license".
It is understood that the arrested man is Dai Mou, a 76-year-old western doctor who was suspected of indiscriminately issuing medical exemption certificates (commonly known as "needle-free paper") for the new crown vaccination earlier.
The police investigation found that a customer was suspected of being poisoned after being injected with botulinum toxin, and the staff of the beauty shop referred him to Dai for prescription and treatment. Dai was suspected of "conspiring to practice medicine without a license."
Three women and one man were arrested, including a 43-year-old surnamed Zhang, a 35-year-old surnamed Wang, and a 40-year-old woman surnamed Zhou. They reported that they were directors and businessmen of the company, and were detained together with a male doctor named Dai.
It is reported that three women aged between 42 and 45 experienced poisoning symptoms such as stiffness in the corners of the mouth, blurred vision, slurred speech, upper limb weakness, numbness and shortness of breath after injecting botulinum toxin at the relevant beauty shop earlier.
One of them was a 45-year-old woman who received botulinum toxin injections in her calves and shoulders on November 12, and then developed dizziness, drooping eyes, double vision, dysphonia, weakness in limbs, weakness in the waist and abdomen, and dyspnea the next day. On March 22, he went to Princess Margaret Hospital for emergency treatment and was admitted to the hospital on the same day.
The clinical diagnosis was suspected iatrogenic botulism.
The Department of Health suspected that someone was practicing medicine without a license, so it was referred to the police for follow-up.
The police arrested four people in Tseung Kwan O, Yau Ma Tei and Tsuen Wan respectively on the 1st, and escorted the two female suspects back to the beauty salon for investigation, seized a batch of evidence and documents and left.
Preliminary investigations revealed that someone was suspected of injecting botulinum toxin for customers without a license. When a customer showed symptoms of suspected poisoning and returned to the beauty shop to seek help from the staff, the staff claimed that a doctor could help and referred the customer to Western medicine doctor Dai for diagnosis and treatment. , during which he was prescribed medicine.
The police suspected that Dai knew about the Botox injections for customers in the beauty salon, so he was arrested.
The Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health appeals to members of the public who have received botulinum toxin injections at the beauty salon on Shanghai Street in Jordan and have symptoms of poisoning, such as symptoms of neurological damage, including drooping eyelids, double vision or blurred vision, chewing Difficulty, hoarseness, difficulty swallowing, speaking or breathing, etc., should call the CHP hotline immediately, and the staff of the Department of Health will assess their condition and follow up if necessary.
Since the relevant muscles of the poisoned patient will be affected, and the botulinum toxin may also spread and affect other areas other than the injection site, the patient may experience the above symptoms hours, days or weeks after the injection.
The Center for Health Protection reminds the public that if there is an urgent medical need, they should seek medical advice as soon as possible, and emphasizes that botulinum toxin injection should only be performed by local registered doctors. Consumers should know the full name of the doctor and check the list of doctors registered with the Hong Kong Medical Council. Inquire about their professional qualifications and relevant qualifications.
Dai was suspected of indiscriminately issuing medical exemption certificates for the new crown vaccination commonly known as "needle-free paper" earlier, involving at least 3,000 patients and involving as much as 12 million Hong Kong dollars.
He was arrested by the police in September this year and charged with three counts of "accessing a computer with dishonest intent to deceive" and was brought to court on September 23.
The charges allege that between June 1 and September 20 this year, Dai used the computer dishonestly with the intention of deceiving, that is, he entered the "Yijiantong" system of the Medical and Health Bureau through two computers.
Dai was granted bail with 100,000 Hong Kong dollars in cash and other conditions, during which time he was not allowed to leave Hong Kong.