"Allergy Worsened by Repeated 지방분해주사 Injections... Doctor Ordered to Compensate"

Consumer Agency Dispute Committee Mediation Decision

A mediation decision was made requiring the doctor to pay compensation for worsening the patient's allergic reaction by repeatedly administering fat-dissolving injections without considering the post-procedure condition.

On the 27th, the Consumer Dispute Resolution Committee of the Korea Consumer Agency announced this decision regarding the damage relief application related to the fat-dissolving injection. The committee judged that "it was inappropriate for the doctor to re-administer the injection without identifying the causative drug despite the allergic hypersensitivity reaction to the injection."

The committee pointed out, "In the case of fat-dissolving injections, most hospitals use various drugs combined with their own know-how, but many cases lack objectively verified effectiveness." It added, "It is necessary to sufficiently explain the medication details to consumers and record them in detail in the medical records."

Previously, the applicant in this case experienced abnormal symptoms such as itching after receiving fat-dissolving injections in the abdomen, but the attending doctor injected the same drug in another area, causing urticarial vasculitis due to an allergic hypersensitivity reaction, and applied for dispute mediation. It was investigated that the medical records for this case did not contain drug information related to the fat-dissolving injection.

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