As accusations mount that a woman known as “Injection Aunt” allegedly performed unlicensed medical procedures on comedian Park Na-rae (40), Lim Hyun-taek, president of the Korean Pediatricians Association, has filed a criminal complaint with prosecutors.
On Dec. 8, Lim wrote on social media that the woman, identified only as A, “is not a physician yet administered injections and other medical acts to Park,” claiming the conduct could violate Korea’s Act on Special Measures for the Control of Public Health Crimes, the Medical Service Act, and the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act, as well as constitute fraud. He added that he asked prosecutors to examine whether A’s husband, Park’s manager, and Park herself should be investigated as potential co-conspirators or for aiding and abetting.
Lim also said A deleted personal information from her social media and went off the grid once the controversy broke, urging authorities to move quickly and widen the scope of the probe into the alleged illegal treatments.
Earlier, Korean outlet Dispatch reported that Park visited an officetel in Ilsan to receive an IV drip from A, raising questions about whether some of the substances used were prescription-only medications that require a doctor’s order.
After the report, A touted credentials online, calling herself “the youngest professor” at a hospital affiliated with a medical college in Inner Mongolia and a “special visiting professor” at a Korean plastic surgery center. Lim countered that regardless of any qualifications in China, anyone performing medical procedures in Korea must hold a local physician’s license number issued by the Ministry of Health and Welfare―otherwise, the acts would constitute unlicensed practice.
(SBS Entertainment News | Kang Kyung-youn)