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April 7, 2014

Low-cost Dominican surgeries spark U.S. warnings

  • The State Department has posted a warning on its page for travel to the Dominican Republic, noting that U.S. citizens have suffered serious complications or died.
    • By BEN FOX
    Associated Press

    SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Beverly Brignoni was a young New Yorker seeking a less expensive way to enhance her appearance and she did what many other people are now doing: travel to the Dominican Republic for cosmetic surgery.

    It went horribly wrong. The 28-year-old died Feb. 20 from what the doctor told her family was a massive pulmonary embolism while getting a tummy tuck and liposuction at a clinic in the Dominican capital recommended by friends. Family members want local authorities to investigate.


     
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