Human fat, blood dumped into sinks, toilets at Seoul clinics

Twenty-five plastic surgery and dermatology clinics in Seoul violated medical-waste rules, including two cases in which human fat and blood from cosmetic procedures were dumped into sinks and toilets, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said Thursday. The city’s special judicial police investigated 120 sites — 112 medical clinics and eight waste collection and transport companies — from January 2025 through July this year. Investigators uncovered 36 violations at 25 clinics. In the two cases of il