A woman died after receiving a serum injection from an unlicensed doctor at a wellness center in the Bronx, and now the holistic healthcare provider is facing charges, according to police.<\/p>\n
Dr. Luis Rojas advertises himself as a holistic doctor who offers alternative medicine at the Bereshit Lifestyle Center along Riverdale Avenue. His website offers a host of services, but it neglects to mention that Rojas does not have a license to practice medicine in the U.S.<\/p>\n
That fact was uncovered as police were investigating the death of Elizabeth Baron, who was under Rojas’ care. Law enforcement sources said the 27-year-old Baron was receiving an injection of some sort of serum on Sunday when something went wrong. She lost consciousness and was taken to the emergency room just after 1 p.m., but she could not be saved.<\/p>\n
Rojas has a license to practice medicine in the Dominican Republic but not in the U.S., according to police. His website indicates he is certified as a medical assistant in alternative medicine.<\/p>\n
The doctor was charged with reckless endangerment and unauthorized practice of a profession. Attorney information for Rojas was not known.<\/p>\n
The medical examiner is investigating and will determine the exact cause of death. It was not immediately clear if Baron had any underlying medical conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman died after receiving a serum injection from an unlicensed doctor at a wellness center in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301561,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,3294,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-301560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-crime-and-courts","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}