NYC man caught trying to leave country after illegal surgical procedure left woman unresponsive, police say
A Queens man is accused of performing an illegal medical procedure on a woman that police say has left her in the hospital. He was caught trying to leave the country.
Felipe Hoyos-Foronda, 38, was running a makeshift medical office without a license out of a home on 35th Street in Astoria, police say.
The house is now under a partial vacate order, which states "first apartment operating as a medical office with medical exam table, cosmetic injectable syringes, exam lights."
Woman hospitalized after illegal medical procedure at Queens home, police say
According to police, a 31-year-old woman went to Hoyos-Foronda's home Friday to have her butt implants removed.
During the procedure, something apparently went terribly wrong.
Hoyos-Foronda called EMS and then took off, police say. When officers arrived at the home, they found the 31-year-old woman unresponsive.
Detectives say they got Hoyos-Foronda's information and picture from the building landlord.
The city's license plate reader system then got a hit on his vehicle on the Van Wyck Expressway near John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Hoyos-Foronda was taken into custody at the airport. Police say he had a ticket for a flight to Colombia.
According to a criminal complaint, Hoyos-Foronda admitted to "performing the surgical procedure on the victim without a license to do so" and stated he "administered lidocaine via a syringe, causing her to go into cardiac arrest."
Officials say the woman remains hospitalized, and that she has no brain activity and demonstrates signs of lidocaine toxicity.
Hoyos-Foronda is expected back in court Thursday.
The NYPD has released is asking other potential victims to come forward.
