'Unanswered Questions' reported that the person called 'injection aunt' may have been a foreign patient recruitment agent rather than a medical professional, raising serious concerns about impersonating medical personnel and illegal procedures, and victims of the 'injection aunt' emerged one after another.
On the Feb. 2 broadcast of 'Unanswered Questions Y', comedian Park Narae was alleged to have received illegal medical procedures from a person without a medical license.
According to the broadcast, the person in question, called the 'injection aunt,' is suspected of visiting Park Narae's home or administering injection procedures at her own residence. There were also claims that she continually prescribed daily medication. Park Narae's side explained at the time that these were nutritional supplements, but the broadcast reported that some of the drugs may have been appetite suppressants classified as narcotics (so-called "butterfly drugs") and that signs showed multiple injectable drugs were being used indiscriminately.
There was also a claim that the central figure in the controversy, the 'injection aunt,' introduced herself as the head of a Korean plastic surgery center and a visiting professor at a hospital in China. However, when producers directly checked with that hospital, the hospital said "there is no doctor by that name," and the person was not found on the official website's medical staff list. Her domestic medical license could not be found, and it was confirmed there is no registration history with the Korean Medical Association Organization.
In particular, the person is known to have built trust by using a business card with the title of director at a plastic surgery clinic in Gangnam, Seoul. When producers visited the clinic, the hospital director expressed bewilderment, saying, "This is unfair. Too many strange rumors are going around." He added, "That person is not a doctor. When we first met, she introduced herself as an overseas patient recruitment agent." The hospital explained, "We only provided office space and did not know medical procedures were being carried out."
Another issue is how psychotropic drugs that cannot be obtained without a prescription were distributed. The broadcast raised the possibility that false prescriptions were issued at multiple hospitals. A representative of one plastic surgery clinic said, "Someone may have brought people in without our knowledge to receive injections," adding, "There may have been a period when we had few staff and failed to notice." He lamented, "I can't understand how we were deceived into selling ourselves when we knew the doctor."
A patient who said she had received treatment in the past testified, "I went to get Botox, and the person claimed to be a doctor and said she would administer it herself," adding, "She especially emphasized her connections with celebrities." In fact, the 'injection aunt' touted ties with idol group members, and there was a claim that she sent a performance gift to SHINee's Key. Associates said, "She treated celebrity connections as a kind of power," and "I've heard she tried to expand her business into cosmetics sales after a controversy with an idol group in the past."
Within that relationship of trust, the 'injection aunt' gradually came to be called a "doctor," and illegal medical acts allegedly continued. A spokesperson for the medical association said, "The illegal distribution of prescription drugs shows a management gap in health authorities," adding, "If drug controls were strictly enforced, much of this problem could be prevented."
Earlier, Park Narae halted activities after allegations of power harassment toward managers were followed by suspicions that she received illegal medical procedures. According to revelations by former managers, there are claims that injections were given in nonmedical places and that drugs were obtained without prescriptions. The impact grew further when Short Mouth Sun, who is known to be close to Park Narae, acknowledged receiving medical procedures from the person in question.
One victim testified on the broadcast, "After receiving an injection from that person, my body hurt so much. She said it was a 'golden medicine that not just anyone can receive.'" Among the dozens of syringes and drugs strewn on the floor of an ordinary home were medications that cannot be obtained without a prescription. There are suspicions that drug mixing, injection administration, and prescribing took place that only medical professionals should perform.
The person who introduced herself as the head of a plastic surgery center and a visiting professor at a hospital in China appealed on social media that she was unfairly treated after the controversy erupted, but the broadcast emphasized that victims from medical impersonation and illegal procedures continue to appear and highlighted the seriousness of the problem. [Photo] broadcast screen [OSEN]