“It’s a Lot of Money”. After undergoing plastic surgery , many patients turn to rehabilitation centers for specialized post-operative care . But as Labrisha Green saw personally, some of these treatment programs operate out of hotels, demanding high fees while providing questionable medical supervision .
Green came to Miami for a Brazilian butt lift and tummy tuck last summer , expecting a simple recovery.
Instead, she was compelled by her surgery coordinator to book post-surgical care through a certain company at a local hotel—at a cost of $200 per day.
“They want you to go to that hotel ,” Green remarked. “So yeah, a lot of money.”
Despite being promised 24-hour care, she claimed feeling abandoned when she required medical treatment .
“I was asking if she could take my blood pressure or if she had, like , a thermometer or something, and they just said no,” Green remembered. “Every time I would ask them, they’re like, no. We don’t have it.”
Investigators from 7 News Miami observed a hotel in Miami for two months, obtaining footage of patients being dropped off in surgical gowns, bathrobes, and with medical drainage bags.
Recovery facilities operating out of hotels have also been uncovered in Broward County , where a New Jersey lady sued her plastic surgeon after contracting life-threatening sepsis at a Fort Lauderdale hotel.
Her attorney , Chris Rosamano, revealed the hidden risks of these postoperative hotel stays.
“It’s just a constant turnover of different women coming in with open wounds, JP drains,” he said. “It’s a dangerous situation in my eyes.”
While it is permissible for hotels to sell rooms to post-surgical patients, firms operating as unlicensed recovery centers within hotels could pose major health hazards.
Green’s experience raises worries about the lack of oversight and patient protection in the expanding medical tourism business in South Florida .
“Information for this article was sourced from Shine My Crown, where Labrisha Green’s account was originally published.”