Las Vegas Stores Ordered to Stop Illegal Surgeries

Nevada state health officials delivered cease-and-desist letters to two Las Vegas health food and vitamin stores suspected of operating as illegal and unlicensed ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs).

According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Botanica Maya and Botanica San Francisco were ordered to stop operating after Las Vegas police responded to a 911 call involving a person needing medical assistance on June 19, which led rescue workers to a Hispanic woman who was bleeding heavily. She was taken to a hospital for treatment.

Authorities said they took the action after gathering information from a female victim of the botched gynecological procedure “to remove an abscess” at Botanica Maya. She also told authorities that surgeries also were being performed at Botanica San Francisco.