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Plastic surgery clinics closed down

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COSMETIC CRACKDOWN: Health chiefs are keeping a close eye on plastic surgery clinics. (Getty Images)

Health inspectors have closed several plastic surgery clinics and withdrawn licenses from some doctors as part of a move to impose tougher regulations on the industry.

The Department of Health and Medical Services, part of the new Dubai Health Authority, is monitoring around 1,000 clinics that have opened in Dubai, UAE daily the National reported.

Among the cases investigated by the department were a female patient who went into a coma after undergoing liposuction and another 27 yr-old Emirati woman who died after having the same treatment, the newspaper said, citing Dr Ramadan Ibrahim Mohamed, the head of the department’s clinical governance office.

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Seven people are before the Dubai courts accused of negligence arising from the death of the woman.

The authority fears that cases of negligence or malpractice may be under-reported because patients have been afraid to report such cases for family or cultural reasons.

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