Clinic criticised for performing fat removal treatment on anorexic

A CLINIC offering a new fat removal treatment has been criticised for failing to detect that one of their clients was suffering from an eating disorder.

Clinic criticised for performing fat removal treatment on anorexic

The woman, who is in her late 40s, underwent a fat removal procedure called SmartLipo at the Norton Clinic in Dublin on November 13 last.

The woman’s brother, who called RTÉ’s Liveline yesterday, said she had suffered from anorexia since her early teens and had been treated in hospital on a number of occasions without much success.

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