TWO of three charges were filed in court yesterday against the 56-year-old woman who injected collagen in the buttocks of two women in an illegal cosmetic procedure.
Gloria Rabor will be facing trial on charges of estafa and possession of illegal drug paraphernalia.
Bail of P40,000 was recommended for each case in the Regional Trial Court.
A separate complaint for violating Republic Act 2382 or the Medical Act of 1959 filed against Rabor is still pending with the Cebu City Prosecutors’ Office.
Owing to the technical nature of the third case, prosecutors said they need time to determine probable cause for a medical malpractice case.
Rabor, a resident of Kinasang-an Pardo, Cebu City, admitted commiting blunder in performing butt enhancement surgery on two women in Bohol.
The two women later complained when they suffered an infection in their buttocks after they were injected with collagen.
She said she is willing to face the complaints against her.
“Atubangon nako ang kaso kay ako man gituyo-an.”)I will face the charges because I committed the mistake intentionally),” Rabor said.
She said she used to work as an assistant of a physician who performed cosmetic surgery for 10 years.
When her boss went abroad, Rabor decided to perform some of the cosmetic procedures like butt enhancement and noselifts.
She said she conducted nose jobs on 10 clients but no one complained.
Rabor was arrested by agents of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Central Visayas (CIDG-7) in an entrapment operation last Wednesday.
The CIDG-7 recovered several medical equipment and syringes from Rabor’s house which she used as a clinic.
Rabor billed the victims P12,000 and P13,000 for the butt enhancement.