Im just curious what the dead girl was thinking......Before she died

[WCURoverD90]

Woman dies during liposuction at home
Associated Press

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. - A couple who authorities say performed liposuction in the basement of a home has been charged with practicing medicine without a license after the female patient died.

Luiz Carlos Ribeiro, 49, a native of Brazil, and his wife, Ana Maria Miranda Ribeiro, also 49, were arraigned in district court on Monday following the death of a 24-year-old woman Sunday.

The Ribeiros pleaded not guilty. Ribeiro was ordered held on $250,000 cash bail. His wife was held on $50,000 cash bail. Both were ordered to surrender their passports.

The Middlesex District Attorney's Office, which is investigating the case, would not release the identity of the patient. An autopsy was to be performed Monday.

Authorities said the woman was unconscious when she was brought to the hospital Sunday. She was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at the hospital.

The district attorney's office said authorities believe that Ribeiro and his wife administered illegally obtained drugs and performed the surgical procedure on the woman. Neither Ribeiro nor his wife are licensed to practice medicine in Massachusetts.

Police charged Ribeiro with unauthorized practice of medicine, drug possession and distribution, and illegal possession of a hypodermic needle. His wife was charged with unauthorized practice of medicine and drug distribution.

A spokeswoman for the district attorney's office said she did not know what type of drugs.

Framingham, a town of about 67,000 about 20 miles west of Boston, is home to an estimated 14,000 Brazilian immigrants.

[RageRover]

That is fucked up.

That woman clearly wasn't thinking about "Hmm what if they fuck up while operating on me?....Do I have life insurance?"

Crazy things in this world...

[acornhoek]

Originally Posted by WCURoverD90

illegal possession of a hypodermic needle

I did not know there was a law..........learn something everyday, but lipo in your nieghbors' basement seems like a common sense No No.

[Funrover]

That's crazy..WTF?!?!?!?

[Serg]

Yah that is just plain insane...

As far as hypodermic needles... most areas have a law that you can only possess them if you are a diabetic. Makes weeding out the heroin and meth addicts much easier for the local PD.

[Den]

Originally Posted by Serg

As far as hypodermic needles...

Charged with having hypodermic syringes and needles. But it's okay to have a liposuction machine!

Off topic, but...

I was returning to the US after traveling in East Africa (Uganda, Tanzania & Kenya). In my baggage was a first aid kit that included syringes and needles. JFK customs found the stuff and held me for a few hours, while I repeatedly explained to en endless stream of representatives from various agencies that I wasn't a drug user. It was simply that there's a whole lot of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, and medical equipment there is scarce and usually has not been sterilized, so it's absolutely necessary that you carry your own.

Eventually I was released (I guess they believed me), and they didn't even confiscate the "evidence", but was told to get a letter from a registered medical professional. I was later informed by my brother-in-law, who happens to be a urologist (plumbing MD) that I was also carrying 'illegal' drugs - a broad spectrum antibiotic and Myprodol (pain-killer and anti-infammatary), both of which require prescriptions.

[Capt. Ron]

I bet you check with customs FIRST, next time you travel abroad.

[smileyq]

Not to bright on the part of that girl. I guess she was very desperate to save a buck. Poor chick.