{"id":503071,"date":"2026-03-26T21:49:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T01:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/woman-dies-during-liposuction-in-santiago-clinic-linked-to-past-controversies-over-cosmetic-surgeries\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T21:49:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T01:49:58","slug":"woman-dies-during-liposuction-in-santiago-clinic-linked-to-past-controversies-over-cosmetic-surgeries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/woman-dies-during-liposuction-in-santiago-clinic-linked-to-past-controversies-over-cosmetic-surgeries\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman dies during liposuction in Santiago clinic linked to past controversies over cosmetic surgeries"},"content":{"rendered":"<em><strong>Santiago de los Caballeros<\/strong>.\u2013<\/em> A 32-year-old woman died this Thursday while undergoing liposuction at an aesthetic clinic identified as \u201cDiosa\u201d, located in the Los Jardines Metropolitanos sector of this city, according to her family members.\n\nThe victim was identified as <strong>Gerald\u00edn Hern\u00e1ndez<\/strong>, who had entered the health center in the morning to undergo the surgical procedure.\n\nAccording to versions offered by relatives, the family received a call in which they were only informed that the young woman \"had taken a turn for the worse,\" without further details about her condition. Upon arriving at the establishment, they were notified of her death.\n\n\u00c1mbar S\u00e1nchez, the victim's cousin, questioned the handling of the case by the medical center, stating that they have not received clear information about the circumstances in which the death occurred or the time elapsed between the death and the notification.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>We recommend reading:<a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/nacionales\/mujer-de-32-anos-muere\/\">32-year-old woman dies during cosmetic procedure in Santiago; family demands investigation<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\"This has been a surprise for the whole family. She was a healthy and stable woman,\" she expressed.\n\nLikewise, he denounced that prior to the death, additional money had been requested, as well as more units of blood, despite the fact that \u2014according to what he indicated\u2014 those requirements had already been met.\n\nSo far, no clinic representative has offered official statements about what happened.\n\n\n<p><strong>Recent Context<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\nThis event occurs amidst growing questions about practices in cosmetic surgery centers in Santiago, following journalistic investigations that have exposed irregularities in the performance of procedures and in the training of those who perform them.\n\nHern\u00e1ndez's case once again brings to the table the debate surrounding the regulation, supervision, and safety of cosmetic surgeries in the Dominican Republic, as well as the need to ensure that these procedures are performed by properly qualified personnel and in adequate conditions.\n\nThe authorities have not yet offered an official report on the causes of death, while family members demand a thorough investigation to clarify what happened.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santiago de los Caballeros.\u2013 A 32-year-old woman died this Thursday while undergoing liposuction at an aesthetic clinic identified as \u201cDiosa\u201d, located in the Los Jardines Metropolitanos sector of this city, according to her family members. The victim was identified as Gerald\u00edn Hern\u00e1ndez, who had entered the health center in the morning to undergo the surgical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-503071","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yerandi Santana","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-13-at-5.35.07-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503071\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}