BEIJING - CHINA will wage a national crackdown on unqualified medical cosmetology organisations following a young girl's death during cosmetic surgery, health authorities said on Friday.
On Nov 15, 24-year-old Wang Bei, a former talent show contestant, died during facial bone-grinding surgery in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, triggering public concern over the safety of China's medical cosmetology industry.
Deng Haihua, spokesman of the Ministry of Health, said at a press conference on Friday that China's medical cosmetology industry suffers many problems ranging from frequent medical accidents and unfair competition to the lack of proper supervision and qualified service.
Ma Xiaowei, vice-minister of health, said although China has elaborated the requirements on the staff and medical plastic organisations, there are still some medical organisations operating without certification, the Information Times reported on Tuesday.
Mr Ma said a recent inspection of 11 plastic surgery organisations in some big cities found that fewer than half of them met national standards. Liu Yi, a 27-year-old female worker in Beijing, told China Daily on Friday that she always thought her face had a little baby fat and she tried many ways, such as eating little or doing facial massage, to get rid of the fat.
'I thought of plastic surgery, but seeing so many failed cases, I would rather have baby fat,' she said.
Every year more than 3 million people have plastic surgery in China and there are 50,000 cosmetic plastic organisations across the country with more than 200,000 staff, China Business Daily reported on Monday. -- CHINA DAILY/ANN
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