They claim still does not detect breast implants illegal

The Dominican society of plastic and reconstructive surgery, and the national school of plastic surgery, ensured yesterday that so far they have not known the first case in the country of patients who have received breast implants of the French firm Poly Implant Prothése (PIP), elaborated through a gel that does not comply with health standards, and was called to the population not alarmed in this respect.

Representatives of both entities, speaking separately, however, expressed its readiness to cooperate with the authorities of public health in the search and identification of possible cases, and in the implementation of the treatment, although they petitioned the Minister of health, Bautista Rojas, that document the cases according to the complaint have entered illegally.

Aniceto Rodriguez, President of the society of plastic surgery, and Severus Mercedes, head of the only residence of plastic surgery of the country that operates in the Salvador hospital u000aB.

Gautier, warned that the health authorities are responsible for establishing controls to prevent a product without health registry to be used in the country and "intruders" to exercise the plastic surgery without having that profession.

Called on women that have been made breast implants to verify the card which is given where it explains the type of implant used or go to your doctor in search of information, and that if you determine that it is the PIP proceed to his retirement.

Both were consulted on information provided by the Minister of public health, the country had been used illegally implant breast of the French firm PIP, prepared based on a gel that does not comply with health standards, and that since last year they are withdrawn from the market on suspicion of which cause breast cancer.

The Dominican society of plastic surgery does not have any record that in u000athe country has been marketed with these implants, and that one of its members it has, so it believed that an alarm is being unnecessary.

Said that any doctor of that entity approached him a trading house to promote this product. "If you entered the product and it has been marketed is responsibility of the health authorities say what company brought it and who are using," said.

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