cost that the state initiated a special medical “Fast Lane” program at the border in 2011. Before the pandemic, so many Americans regularly crossed into Baja California to undergo weight-loss surgery, visit the dentist or have blood work done at a fraction of the U.S. Tijuana has shared in that boom, part of a larger effort by state officials to build up its “medical tourism” industry. Plastic surgeons worldwide report an unprecedented number of requests for procedures they believe were brought on by workers spending more time staring at their faces on Zoom. The Medical Board of Baja California referred questions to the Asociación Mexicana de Cirugía Plástica, Estética y Reconstructiva, A.C., a professional organization of plastic surgeons, which said Báez was not a member.Īccording to a 2015 news report, inspectors with Mexico’s Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris) in April 2015 shut down a different cosmetic surgery clinic run by Báez López for “failing to meet the minimum requirements to operate legally.” The ‘Zoom boom’ĭemand for cosmetic treatment has shot up since last March. Receptionists at his clinic told a reporter on April 13 that Báez López was unavailable to answer any questions because he was in the middle of another surgery.Ī letter provided by Renee Weaver shows the clinic offered to refund the $6,700 cost of Keuana Weaver’s surgery.īaja California’s Secretary of Health did not respond to requests for comment. She was the mother of a 13-year-old and a 1-year-old.īáez López, the doctor, did not respond to multiple requests from the Union-Tribune for comment, made in person and by email and phone. 29 during a procedure at a plastic surgery clinic located in Tijuana’s Las Torres towers in the Colonia Aviación - a commercial district along a major corridor in the border city. Keuana Weaver’s family said she died Jan. I want to know what happened,” said Renee Weaver, 58.
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