Man Arrested for Performing Illegal Surgeries 台中越籍移工當密醫 手術過程大膽直播

A Vietnamese migrant worker with a legal factory job has been arrested for performing invasive cosmetic surgeries on patients. With no medical training, he said he is self-taught by watching YouTube videos.

The National Immigration Agency's Specialized Operation Brigade in Taichung recently cracked an underground cosmetic medical ring whose services included fat-loss injections and hyaluronic acid injections for various body parts. The agents recovered anesthetics, Botox, deoxycholic acid, hyaluronic acid, and needles from unknown sources at the scene. The primary suspect, surnamed Hsieh, is a Vietnamese migrant worker with a factory day job. 

Immigration Agent: “Where do you inject this?”

Suspect Hsieh: “It's (NT$)3,000. One is NT$3,000. Into the jawline. ”

Tang Yu-tai, Deputy Chief, Taichung Specialized Operation Brigade, NIA: “The suspect, surnamed Hsieh, is a legal factory worker that has never had any medical training. He holds no medical licenses. He opened a beauty salon where he performed invasive surgical procedures including breast augmentation, buttock augmentation, jawline shaving, nose jobs, and liposuction.”

Hsieh apparently watched YouTube videos to learn how to perform these procedures and then purchased cosmetic injectables from Vietnam. He and four other migrant workers from Vietnam then opened a beauty salon as a front. Hsieh injected customers and performed invasive procedures, including boob and butt jobs, in a secret room. He raked in thousands to tens of thousands for every procedure. The Taichung City Health Bureau says Hsieh also failed to properly sterilize the operating room and his instruments.

Hung Chiao-ping, Medical Administration Specialist, Health Bureau, Taichung City: “We don't want injections of unknown origins to be administered, especially with instruments that have not been properly sterilized or by someone without the proper training and skills.”

Taichung prosecutors are now investigating the case. Hsieh and his partners face six months to five years in prison along with a fine of NT$300,000 to NT$1.5 million for violating Article 28 of the Physicians Act.
 

在臉書直播打消脂針，還有幫臀部與胸部打玻尿酸，行徑大膽且環境簡陋。移民署台中專勤隊破獲地下醫美集團，現場查扣來路不明的麻醉藥、肉毒桿菌、消脂針、玻尿酸與注射針頭，謝姓主嫌竟然是受雇來台、在鋁門窗工廠工作的越南籍移工。

移民署專勤隊問那些針頭是打哪裡用的，謝姓嫌犯回應：「那個3000(元)，一個3000，打下巴的。」

移民署台中專勤隊副隊長黨昱泰指出：「謝姓嫌犯是個正職的鋁門窗技工，但是他從來沒有受過任何醫師專業的訓練，或者考取任何的證照，用開設美容工作室的名義，替同鄉進行隆乳、豐臀、豐下巴、隆鼻及消脂等侵入性醫美行為。」

移民署調查，謝姓嫌犯透過YouTube影片自學整型技術，並從越南買來美容針劑，便與4名越南籍同夥在台中東協廣場附近開設美容工作室當起密醫，進行隆乳、豐臀等侵入性醫美行為，視施打部位不同，每次手術收取新台幣數千到數萬元不等的費用。台中市衛生局提醒，密醫的技術與針劑來源堪憂，現場手術也沒有無菌環境，手術風險極高，可能危及生命安全。

台中市衛生局醫管科技正洪巧蘋表示：「要避免注射來路不明的液體，或是一些器械消毒不全，或者醫術可能比較拙劣的這些風險，比較容易導致嚴重危害身體健康安全。」

移民署表示，全案已移送台中地檢署偵辦，謝姓主嫌與共犯4人涉嫌違反《醫師法》第28條，未取得醫師資格而執行醫療業務，將面臨6個月至5年以下有期徒刑，得併科30萬至150萬元以下罰金。