The US and Mexico are urging the WHO to declare a public health emergency over the outbreak.
US and Mexican authorities are urging the World Health Organization to declare a public health emergency over a fungal outbreak linked to cosmetic operations in Mexico.
Authorities in both the US and Mexico have urged people who had surgeries involving epidural anaesthesia at either the River Side Surgical Center or Clinica K-3 since January to get evaluated, even if they are currently asymptomatic. Many US citizens travel to Mexico for cosmetic procedures such as liposuction, breast augmentation and Brazilian butt lifts, which all require the injection of an anaesthetic into the area around the spinal column.
"There's a shortage currently in Mexico, and there could be potential for a black market that could have contaminated medicine," said Mr Smith.
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