00:00Arrested is a Vietnamese national who is carrying out an unauthorized botox procedure in the Philippines.
00:08The operation was fast-tracked when patients complained because there was a complication.
00:14Witness, John Consulta.
00:21When entering this unit, on the 21st floor of a condo unit in Paranaque.
00:26We're from the National Bureau of Investigation. This is an important operation.
00:32Arrested while the patient was being investigated is a 29-year-old Vietnamese national.
00:38The members of the NBI Organized and Transnational Crime Division were assigned to the beds and improvised clinics in the condo unit.
00:44We found out that this subject of ours is carrying out a botox procedure for a fee of Php 5,000.
00:54We checked that this subject of ours does not have a license to practice medicine here in the Philippines.
01:07Botox is a neutral toxin that temporarily stops the movement of muscles.
01:12It is used in some cosmetic procedures to reduce wrinkles and other facial lines.
01:17The operation was fast-tracked when patients complained because there was a complication.
01:23We found out that this subject of ours is carrying out a botox procedure for a fee of Php 5,000.
01:26The members of the NBI Organized and Transnational Crime Division were assigned to the beds and improvised clinics in the condo unit.
01:31The NBI is saying that you have operated on some patients without the necessary licenses here in the Philippines. Is it true?
01:40I have no comment.
01:42The case we filed is illegal practice of medicine.
01:46For GMA Integrated News, this is John Consulta.
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