Three people in hospital in Sydney after suspected botulism cases linked to anti-wrinkle injections
Woman in intensive care as NSW Health urges community to only receive cosmetic injections from authorised practitioners
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A Sydney woman is in intensive care and a further two people are being treated in hospital with suspected cases of botulism linked to unregulated home anti-wrinkle injections.
The case prompted New South Wales Health to issue an alert urging the community to only receive cosmetic anti-wrinkle injections from authorised practitioners or risk “serious harm and … death”.
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