Beauty clinic manager Jean Huang tragically died following a botched breast augmentation surgery – unregistered doctor Jie Shao was jailed and has now been banned from providing health services
A woman undergoing breast augmentation surgery was left convulsing and foaming at the mouth before going into cardiac arrest.
Beauty clinic manager Jean Huang, 35, from Sydney, Australia, was rushed to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and declared brain dead before her life support was turned off in 2017. Last year unregistered doctor Jie Shao, 40, was found guilty of manslaughter over Jean’s death.
And now, more than seven years on from carrying out the fatal procedure to pump hyaluronic acid filler into Jean’s breasts, Chinese national Shao has been permanently banned from providing health services by the NSW Health Care Complaints Commission (HCCC).
The ban came into force on December 10 and covers both paid and voluntary roles. “The commission has determined that Ms Jie Shao’s conduct poses a risk to public health and safety and that protective orders are required in order to protect the public,” the HCCC decision stated.
“Accordingly, the commission makes the following prohibition order […] Jie Shao is permanently prohibited from providing any health services, in either paid employment or voluntarily, to any member of the public.”
The procedure took place at the Medi Beauty Clinic, where Jean was part-owner and manager. Shao arrived in Australia just a few days before the fatal procedure, and was not registered as a practising doctor in the country.
Shao previously pleaded guilty to using a poison to endanger life relating to the administration of 2000mg of the anaesthetic Lidocaine. The court heard how she had exceeded the “maximum safe dose”. Shao was also not authorised to administer the anaesthetic given that she wasn’t a registered doctor.
Judge Timothy Gartelmann described how Jean started to slur her words following the injection. She then suffered what appeared to be a seizure before vomiting and changing colour while unconscious. The judge added: “The offender continued with the procedure during these developments.”
Shao fought the manslaughter charge before she was found guilty. She was sentenced to six years and nine months in prison with a three-and-a-half year non-parole period. She will be eligible for release in December 2026 having served 268 days in pre-sentence custody.