Liposuction news in Singapore - liposuction treatment can be done only in hospitals or clinics approved for day surgery
Image via Reuters MOH cuts down on clinics offering liposuction From The Straits Times - 3rd Nov 2014 SINGAPORE - Out of 29 clinics now offering liposuction, the removal of fat for aesthetic reasons, only nine will be allowed to continue doing so. From March next year, liposuction treatment can be done only in hospitals or clinics approved for day surgery, under new Ministry of Health (MOH) rules to tighten control of this procedure and improve patient safety. Liposuction has already led to at least two deaths here in the past five years. In a statement issued yesterday, the MOH said: "As a highly invasive procedure, liposuction has been known to cause severe complications, including death. Hence, it should be carried out only by trained doctors in well-equipped and well-staffed facilities." Under the new rules, the removal of more than one litre of fat from one spot will have to be done in a hospital as an inpatient treatment. So will any liposuction for pe