Park Na-rae ‘Injection Auntie’ ‘goes into hiding’ after criticism from a doctors group

Entertainer Park Na-rae (left) and Ms. Lee, identified as ‘Injection Auntie’. Provided by MBC and her own Instagram account

The ‘Injection Auntie’ who performed illegal medical procedures on entertainer Park Na-rae has gone into hiding. This came immediately after a rebuttal from a doctors group.

Ms. Lee, identified as the ‘Injection Auntie,’ on the 8th set all Instagram posts on the social networking service (SNS) to private. A statement offering clarification is also nowhere to be found.

She has been identified as the person who supplied antidepressants and other drugs to Park Na-rae and administered injections and IV drips at her own home and elsewhere. She is also suspected of accompanying Park on overseas schedules and administering IV fluids.

Regarding this, on the 7th Ms. Lee wrote on Instagram, “Around 12 to 13 years ago, I studied arduously while traveling back and forth to a place called Inner Mongolia, and I even served as the youngest professor, the first among both domestic and foreign nationals, at the Inner Mongolia Pogang Medical College Hospital.” Along with this, she posted photos showing herself in a medical gown and images that appeared to be from surgery.

A representative for Park Na-rae also stated, “We understand that Ms. Lee is a physician with a medical license.” Regarding the overseas schedule accompaniment, they said, “As a close acquaintance, she said she wanted to experience an overseas filming site and therefore went along.”

A photo posted by Mr./Ms. A directly denying the allegation that Park Na-rae received illegal medical procedures. Screenshot from the Instagram account of that person

Despite these assertions by Ms. Lee and representatives for Park Na-rae, a doctors group pointed out that the claims were false.

Physicians for a Fair Society (Gongjeong-eui) said on the 7th, “Upon verification, a medical college called ‘Pogang Medical College’ did not exist.”

Gonguimo stated, “The ‘Pogang Medical College’ that Ms. Lee claimed she served as a professor at was not found anywhere on the list of 162 medical schools in China,” and added, “It is fundamentally impossible for a graduate of a Chinese medical school to obtain a medical license in South Korea, and if medical practice was carried out in South Korea, that is clearly illegal.”

After this indication from Gonguimo, Ms. Lee ultimately set all posts, including her explanation, to private.