St. Luke's Issues Medical Certificate Saying Hydrogel Injected in 2002, 2005 by BMG Doctors was the Cause of Infection on Josie Norcio's Buttocks

14 July 2009

GMA News reports that St. Luke's Medical Center has issued a medical certificate saying that the hydrogel injected by Belo Medical Group (BMG) doctors on Josie Norcio was the cause of her recent infection. Norcio underwent two butt enhancement operations performed by BMG doctors in 2002 and 2005. 

More on this story in this Saksi report by Mariz Umali courtesy of GMANews.tv:

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Dr. Francis Decangchon Says He Just Did a Butt Enhancement Retouch of Belo Medical Group Former Patient Josie Norcio — NBI Now Investigating the Case

13 July 2009

Cosmetic surgeon Dr. Francis Decangchon has spoken publicly saying he feels bad over being blamed for what happened to Belo Medical Group (BMG) former patient Josephine Norcio who complained that she nearly lost her life as a result of infection arising from the hydrogel injected on her buttocks in 2002 and 2005. 

In the News on Q report below, Decangchon pointed to a certain Dr. Ronaldo Cayetano as the BMG cosmetic surgeon who performed the original butt enhancement operation on Norcio in 2002 using hydrogel injection. Decangchon said that he did the follow-up operation on Norcio in 2005 because she was not satisfied with her uneven buttocks.  He added that he left BMG in 2005 without hearing of any complaint from Josephine Norcio.  

Norcio's lawyer, Atty. Trixie Angeles said of BMG and the doctors who performed the operation on her client, "They could not have appraised Josie Norcio. They could not have told her of the risks because at the time, they was no long-term testing yet and yet, they assured her it's 100 percent safe and permanent." 

BMG Assistant Medical Director Dr. Filipino Buñag, Jr. defended his company saying they did all they could to help Norcio adding that they could not just come in when another doctor was already handling the case of their former client.

 

More on this story in this News on Q report by Marisol Abdurahman courtesy of GMANews.tv:

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Here is my first post on Josie Norcio on July 11.  

The NBI is now handling this case and this GMANews.tv article entitled, Belo doc under probe for alleged botched butt job, tells us more about their investigation.

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Josie Norcio, Former Patient of Belo Medical Group Complains of Failed, Allegedly Near-Fatal Butt Enhancement Operation

11 July 2009

It was shown as a teaser for XXX on TV Patrol last night but it was carried by Saksi as a full-blown news item very early today.  Josie Norcio, a former patient of the Belo Medical Group is alleging that she almost died as a result of infection arising from a butt enhancement operation done on her in 2002 and 2005.  

In News on Q, Raffy Tima makes this report: "The first operation was done in December 2002. Hydrogel was injected into her butt to increase its profile. Ms. Norcio claims she was not satisfied with the result and so in June 2005, she underwent another butt enhancement operation ... Josie said she spent P300,000 for both procedures.  Last May, her butt developed infection and at one point, Ms. Norcio said, she almost died from septic shock.  As a result, she had to undergo six operations to remove the hydrogel from her body."

Raffy Tima: Nung nagkakaroon ka na ng problema, anong klaseng tulong ang ibinigay nila sa 'yo?

Josie Norcio: Wala. Nag-discharge ako dito, lumabas ako ng St. Luke's,  punta ko sa kanila sa clinic nila sa Morato dahil dun naman ang record ko, dun ako ginawa. Tsaka lang nila ko tutulungan.

For its part, the Belo Medical Group said that "four years have elapsed since her surgery.  The lapse of time and the supervening events that may have occurred after her surgery make it difficult to make make any judgment on her health status." 

More on this story in this News on Q report by Raffy Tima courtesy of GMANews.tv:

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I understand that Josie Norcio's story will be featured in tonight's edition of XXX over ABS-CBN.

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