The clinic operated by a suspended plastic surgeon has closed amid an investigation by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba.

Ziesmann Cosmetic Clinic has closed permanently, a staff member at the Portage Avenue site told the Free Press Friday, before breaking down in tears and declining to comment further.

Manitoba’s physician watchdog suspended clinic founder Dr. Manfred Ziesmann on Oct. 15 while the probe is being conducted, said Dr. Guillaume Poliquin, the assistant registrar of complaints and investigations, last week.

The college had placed restrictions on Ziesmann’s practice earlier this year following a disciplinary hearing regarding patients who suffered complications from breast augmentations and other surgeries.

One of Ziesmann’s former patients, a woman who w

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