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Sat 25 Jan 2025 00.31 EST
First published on Fri 24 Jan 2025 17.42 EST
Caitlin Cassidy
A Sydney woman is in intensive care and a further two people are being treated in hospital with suspected cases of botulism linked to unregulated home anti-wrinkle injections.
The case prompted New South Wales Health to issue an alert urging the community to only receive cosmetic anti-wrinkle injections from authorised practitioners or risk “serious harm and … death”. ...
The 51-year-old woman received the unregulated anti-wrinkle injection at a home in Guildford on 11 January, NSW police alleged.
A further two people who attended the residence on the same day and received anti-wrinkle injections from the same person were also admitted to hospital, one being treated for botulism and one for suspected botulism, NSW Health confirmed.
A spokesperson for NSW police, which was working with the Health Care Complaints Commission and NSW Health on the incident, said inquiries continued into the case. ...
First published on Fri 24 Jan 2025 17.42 EST
Caitlin Cassidy
A Sydney woman is in intensive care and a further two people are being treated in hospital with suspected cases of botulism linked to unregulated home anti-wrinkle injections.
The case prompted New South Wales Health to issue an alert urging the community to only receive cosmetic anti-wrinkle injections from authorised practitioners or risk “serious harm and … death”. ...
The 51-year-old woman received the unregulated anti-wrinkle injection at a home in Guildford on 11 January, NSW police alleged.
A further two people who attended the residence on the same day and received anti-wrinkle injections from the same person were also admitted to hospital, one being treated for botulism and one for suspected botulism, NSW Health confirmed.
A spokesperson for NSW police, which was working with the Health Care Complaints Commission and NSW Health on the incident, said inquiries continued into the case. ...