BEING RECOGNIZED WITH A RARE
HONOR.
CBS4 NEWS AT 6 STARTS RIGHT
NOW.
OFF OF THE TOP, ALL NEW AT
SIX, AUTHORITIES ARE
INVESTIGATING A DEATH AT A
MIAMI-DADE COSMETIC SURGERY
CENTER.
SURGERY WAS PERFORMED AT A
STORE FRONT CLINIC ON SOUTHWEST
8th STREET.
THE PATIENT WAS A WOMAN THAT
SUFFERED CARDIAC AND
RESPIRATORY ARREST AND ENABLE
TO BE REVIVED.
GARY, I UNDERSTAND YOU SPOKE
TO THE WOMAN'S FAMILY?
I DID.
THEY ARE OF COURSE DISTRAUGHT
AND DISMAYED TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT WHAT WENT WRONG HERE BUT
THIS 40-YEAR-OLD WOMAN THAT
TRAVELED TO SOUTH FLORIDA FROM
LOUISIANA TO HAVE A COSMETIC
PROCEDURE AS MANY PEOPLE DO
FROM OUT OF TOWN AND STATE
BECAUSE THERE ARE THESE LESS
EXPENSIVE CLINICS ALL OVER
MIAMI-DADE AND BROWARD COUNTY.
SHE TRAVELED HERE AND WENT INTO
CARDIAC AND RESPIRATORY ARREST
AND RESCUE WAS UNABLE TO REVIVE
HER AND NOR WERE THE DOCTORS AT
KENDALL REGIONAL STATION.
AT SOUTHWEST 8th STREET A
PATIENT DIED FROM COMPLICATIONS
DURING A COSMETIC PROCEDURE, A
BUTT AUGMENTATION.
KISSY LONDON CAME FROM
LOUISIANA AS MANY PATIENTS DO
APPARENTLY LOOKING FOR A LOW
COST FIX.
WE WERE TURNED AWAY AT THE
CLINIC.
YOU GUYS NEED TO LEAVE.
OKAY?
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY.
FIRE RESCUE SAYS THAT LONDON
DIED AFTER GOING TO RESPIRATORY
AND CARDIAC ARREST DURING HER
SURGERY.
THE CLINIC LIKE OTHERS IS
LOCATED IN A SPRAWLING STRIP
MALL WITH BUSINESSES INCLUDING
THIS ANIMAL CLINIC.
DR. ARNOLD VALZ PERFORMED THE
SURGERY AND HE PERFORMS
PROCEDURES AT SEVERAL CLINICS
IN ADDITION TO JOLEE PLASTIC
SURGERY CENTER.
THE HUSBAND OF THE WOMAN THAT
DIED THURSDAY WAS PICKING UP
HER PERSONAL EFFECTS FRIDAY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
LIKE RIGHT NOW, I CAN'T TELL.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
IT IS NOTHING THAT I CAN SAY
RIGHT NOW.
I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
IS GOING ON.
A REVIEW OF THE CLINIC
POSTED A MONTH AGO WARNED THAT
TWO YOUNG GIRLS THAT WERE
PERFECTLY HEALTHY DIED COMING
TO THIS CENTER FOR BRAZILIAN
BUTT LIFT.
WE WERE UNABLE TO CONFIRM IT
THROUGH STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS.
THOSE EXPERTS IN THE FIELD SAY
BE SURE YOUR PLASTIC SURGEON
HAS HOSPITAL CREDENTIALS.
HOSPITALS DO A LOT ON US AND
BY PIGGY BACKING ON THE HOME
RUN THAT THE HOSPITAL HAS DONE,
THAT CAN MAKE THE PATIENT
SAFER.
WITH ANYTHING, WHEN IT COMES
TO SURGERY, BUYER BEWARE.
NOW IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE
HERE THAT OUR DOCTOR ARNOLD
VALZ WHO PERFORMED THIS SURGERY
THAT HAD FATAL CONSEQUENCES AND
FATAL ISSUES ARISE DURING THE
SURGERY IS INDEED CERTIFIED TO
PRACTICE REGISTERED TO PRACTICE
AT LARKIN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL IN
SOUTH MIAMI AND PRACTICING
SINCE 1969.
STATE RECORDS SHOW THAT HE HAS
NO HISTORY OF COMPLAINTS OR
DISCIPLINE AGAINST HIM.
THE FACILITY TODAY ISSUED A
STATEMENT SAYING THAT DR. VALZ
IS A SKILLED SURGEON WITH 40
YEARS OF MEDICAL EXPERIENCE AND
IS UNIVERSALLY RECOGNIZED AND
ADMIRED BY HIS PATIENTS AND THE
MEDICAL COMMUNITY.
NOW, THIS DEATH IS BEING
INVESTIGATED BY MIAMI-DADE
HOMICIDE DETECTIVES WHICH IS
ROUTINE AND THE FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS ALSO
