Surgeons at Beijing's plastic surgery hospitals unlicensed

Eight plastic surgery hospitals in Beijing have claimed to have famous surgeons from South Korea on their staff, but 13 out of the named 14 surgeons are unlicensed, the Beijing News reported.

According to Qi Shiming, an official at the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau, most of Beijing's more than 260 plastic surgery hospitals tout the services of renowned surgeons from South Korea. The bureau recently published a list of Beijing's licensed plastic surgeons. From October of 2012 to October of 2013, only eight foreign doctors were registered in Beijing, of whom six were from South Korea.