Cos(t)metic surgeries, costing lives?

              Beauty is not in the face and it is a light in the heart said Kahlil Gibran, yet we human beings do what not to beautify our appearance. We cannot deny the growing importance of looks in today's fast paced world. However, what is the price that we are willing to pay for that. Many people are worried about their looks and often push themselves into depression. The modern day technology promises all that you want to come out of this, but at a price. I agree that the beautification of one's external self and the pampering during the process certainly accentuates one's confidence, but one has to be careful too.
         Many of us would be willing to get in for a make-over and want to enhance our looks thereby boost our confidence levels. Shedding those few extra kilos is no exception to this, and as a result of this increasing trend we can see many beauty clinics and cosmetic surgery centers budding up across the city. In a shocking incident, a cosmetic surgery has costed Prof. Narendar Kumar, his life at one such cosmetic surgery center. Narendar died soon after a liposuction surgery was performed on him. It is said that there was a rupture on his large intestine causing  post operative complications and he succumbed to death. Liposuction surgery has become one of the most common cosmetic surgery in India. It has to be performed by a well qualified professional cosmetic surgeon, but given the business acumen of our fellow Indians, no regulation is big. Nothing can stop them from minting money even on the silliest of human emotion. Without any proper approval and with minimal infrastructure there are many such clinics offering these services by surgeons who are not qualified for such jobs. I wonder how blind can the authorities be from checking these before approving the permits for such clinics. And, the number of such clinics is growing at a rapid speed. In an era, where technology is enabling great doctors to perform breakthrough surgeries, the same is being misused by non-qualified people to hit on human emotions costing their lives. A blame game is not the solution here. So, it happens to be our responsibility to check and inquire about the treatment that we intend to get and all the relevant details about the cosmetic surgeon, the clinic before we give in to the treatment. Hope to have more regulations in place to prevent such clinics from seeing the light, with the authorities being more vigilant. Lets be more aware first and beauty would follow.