A woman in Hanoi suffered from shock and critical condition and had to be taken to the emergency room and later died, suspected to have been due to weight loss using acupressure.
The incident began at 7:30 p.m. on July 30, 2024. After receiving acupuncture for weight loss at Phuong Trinh Beauty, Ms. Phuong Nhung (name changed) went into shock and had to be taken to the emergency room at the Transport Hospital in critical condition.
The victim was then transferred to the Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital. After a month of treatment with hospital fees amounting to hundreds of millions of dong, Ms. Nhung still did not survive.
Previously, after Ms. Nhung was hospitalized, on August 7, 2024, Thanh Cong ward (Ba Dinh, Hanoi) established an inspection team at Phuong Trinh Beauty facility, at 105 lane 12 Nguyen Hong, Thanh Cong ward, Dong Da district.
This facility has not registered for business, does not have an operating license, and was administratively fined 7.5 million VND. A beauty salon operates without a license, but only after the incident happened did the local authorities "discover it". How strange.
What is even more strange is that this establishment is still expanding its business at two addresses: No. 11, Lane 84, Ngoc Khanh (Ba Dinh, Hanoi) and No. 30, Mai Hac De (Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi) with the new name Nho Beauty. Reporters from Lao Dong Newspaper investigated and discovered this, but the management agencies were unaware?
Regarding the above mentioned death, we have to wait for the conclusion of the investigation agency, but the violation of the weight loss chain using the acupressure method is undeniable. A human life cannot be exchanged for only 7.5 million in administrative fines. It is necessary to clarify, not to let the victim die unjustly.
Furthermore, who is responsible for allowing unlicensed beauty salons, businesses, and weight loss treatments to operate openly?
There are many illegal cosmetic establishments operating, causing many disasters for customers, but the management agencies are still "lax in management".
While waiting for the rectification of the management of cosmetic and weight loss treatment facilities of all kinds, people need to protect their health and lives. That is, do not believe in advertisements, and do not entrust your body to quacks. Not only will you become ugly and lose money, but you may also lose your life.
