The entity reiterated its invitation to citizens to carry out these interventions in authorized sites.
The Ministry of Health of Antioquia warned that it continues with surveillance visits to establishments that perform aesthetic procedures in the department to guarantee the integrity of patients, because so far in 2025, 22 measures have been filed against aesthetic centers and they have been raised 69 complaints for apparent irregular events.
As indicated by Adrian Alexander Castro AlzateUndersecretary of Social Protection of Antioquia, it has been shown that in the majority of reported cases, health professionals are not the ones providing these services.
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“They are not health professionals, most of them, and they escape administrative sanctions,” Castro said. He added that “it is important to call on citizens not to fall prey to these illegal networks that provide health services without having authorization by the Sectional Secretary of Health”.
Faced with this type of event, the Ministry of Health of Antioquia has articulated with the Attorney General’s Office to investigate people who provide these services without authorization from health authorities.
The entity reiterated its invitation to citizens so that, if they intend to undergo any aesthetic procedure, they do so in authorized places.two. You may be interested: “We are going to contribute to the construction of a great coalition from Abelardo to Fajardo”: former President Uribe.
Likewise, it reiterates that the email address [email protected] is available to guide and respond to complaints about offices or people who offer aesthetic procedures irregularly.
Finally, according to figures from the authorities, in 2024, 29 measures were imposed on places that carried out unauthorized aesthetic procedures.
Source: Integrated Information System
