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Inside the Brazilian Hospital That Gives Plastic Surgery to the Poor

On this episode of 'Daily VICE,' we visit a hospital in Rio de Janeiro that offers low-cost surgeries to Brazilians who can't afford them.

On this episode of Daily VICE, we visit the clinic started by Brazil's godfather of plastic surgery, Dr. Ivo Pitanguy, who died on March 6, 2016, just a day after carrying the Olympic torch in Rio. We talk to his grandson about carrying on his grandfather's tradition of giving low-income Brazilians access to plastic surgery.

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