Please enable Javascript to watch this video 
 
 GLENN, Mich. -- Two women who say they were liposuction patients of Dr. Bradley Bastow are sharing the red flags they see now, warning others to avoid him. 
 
 Both patients say they saw Bastow when he operated out of an South Haven office located at 950 Blue Star Memorial Highway. A notice on the door there states Bastow now works out of 6990 114th Ave. in Glenn. A woman dressed in scrubs inside that pole barn told FOX 17 Thursday that Bastow was not in and could not answer questions. 
 
 Ganges Township officials say Bastow is operating illegally at that pole barn, which has failed building code inspections three times, including on April 17. 
 
 The two patients recalled their experiences to FOX 17 explaining their liposuction procedures caused major health complications and called their experience a "nightmare." 
 
 "They left me with the dog in an operating room that wasn’t an operating room, it was a closet," said Mary Rotondo, a 2009 patient of Bastow and health professional. "It was so small and so horrible. It was a nightmare that I just want to let go." 
 
 Another woman, a patient of Bastow twice in 2012 who does not want to be named, recalled: "I came to one time and I don’t know if he was working on my stomach or where, but I remember seeing him pushing that thing in there and he’s just got his eyes glued on TV, he’s not even looking where he’s pushing it." 
 
 In Spring 2009, Rotondo says she decided to Bastow at his former South Haven office. 
 
 "[Bastow] kept on saying, ‘Well, just think Mary, if you die on the table I can save you. I’m a cardiologist,'" recalled Rotondo. 
 
 She remembers waking from what she believes was general anesthesia, from what turned out to be a 15-hour-day for liposuction around her knees. Rotondo says she was left alone except for someone's dog in the operating room, and ended up driving herself home afterwards. 
 
 "The dog was there, the barking, and I went looking around for them calling, and nobody came in so I laid back down for another hour," said Rotondo. "I was wide awake and I was scared, I didn’t know what to do, my legs were bloody." 
 
 In 2012, the second woman tells FOX 17 she saw Bastow twice for "water jet liposuction:" first for liposuction around her chin which she says was simple and without complication; then for her lower back, stomach and arms. Her Spectrum Health paperwork shows just days later she was in the emergency room with blood clots in her lungs and leg. 
 
 "I spent almost a week in the hospital and I had two or three transfusions and they thought I was having heart problems," she said. 
 
 Both she and Rotondo say they had no pre-procedure evaluations, paid cash as Bastow asked for upfront before their procedures, and wound up hospitalized after seeing Bastow. 
 
 "For years, I could not bend my knees properly and I do exercise: yoga, I couldn’t do it," said Rotondo. "I couldn’t work for a long time.” 
 
 Both women see the red flags clearly now. 
 
 "It was shady, I mean it was scary," said the anonymous patient. "The building itself wasn’t clean looking." 
 
 They and their families warn others: stay away from Dr. Bradley Bastow. 
 
 "Big red flag, a warning: do not go to him, it is a scary situation," said Rotondo. "He could kill you easily." 
 
 Allegan County Sheriff Frank Baker says multiple agencies are investigating Bastow adding he may face criminal charges. Stay with FOX 17 for updates. 

 GLENN, Mich. - A Michigan doctor’s license was suspended after numerous health violations were allegedly uncovered at an unfinished pole barn used as a location for performing liposuction procedures. 
 
 Bradley Bastow, of Glenn, Mich., had his osteopathic physician’s license suspended May 12. 
 
 Attorney General Bill Schuette and Licensing and Regulartory Affairs filed an administrative complaint alleging the following violations: 
 
 performing liposuction procedures in unsanitary conditions in an unfinished pole barn; 
 
 improperly disposing and storing medical waste; 
 
 improperly dispensing and recording the dispensing of controlled substance; 
 
 improperly mixing human and animal drugs; and 
 
 taking a controlled substance from the facility for personal use. 
 
 "Our investigation found that Dr. Bastow's conduct was negligent, incompetent and lacked good moral character," LARA Director Shelly Edgerton said. "Our top priority is the health and safety of Michiganders, and the dangerous and deplorable conditions of Dr. Bastow's facility warranted an immediate suspension of his medical license." 
 
 What happened 
 
 The complaint alleges a patient went to the pole barn facility for liposuction April 20. The procedure began at about 11 a.m. and lasted until about 9 p.m. 
 
 Bastow was allegedly assisted by an unlicensed health professional who helped administer shots of Demerol. 
 
 The complaint alleges that Bastow poured the fat removed from the patient down the sink, as opposed to properly disposing of the biological waste. 
 
 Family members of the patient were allowed to watch the procedure and became alarmed when the patient became drowsy and going in and out of consciousness. Emergency responders were called. 
 
 An ambulance took the patient to the hospital and an investigation began. 
 
 Bastow allegedly operated his practice inside the unfinished pole barn since 2015. 
 
 Sign up for ClickOnDetroit Email Newsletters (click here) for more stories like this. 
 
 Copyright 2017 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved. 

 Woman underwent 10 hours of fat removal surgery in unconventional setting, state says 
 
 The state of Michigan on May 16, 2017 suspended the medical license of Dr. Bradley Bastow after learning he performed liposuction surgeries out of a pole barn. (Photo: WZZM) 
 
 When a west Michigan woman showed up for liposuction surgery last month, red flags apparently didn't go up about the unconventional setting — an unfinished pole barn. 
 
 Rather, the woman underwent the fat removal surgery for 10 hours inside the barn while her mother and sister sat alongside her and watched, state records show. The family saw the surgeon remove fat from under the patient's skin, pour it down a sink drain and store some of it in plastic bags. 
 
 It wasn't until the patient appeared to go in and out of consciousness, records show, that an ambulance was called. An investigation followed, which doomed the doctor 
 
 On Tuesday, the State of Michigan suspended the osteopathic license of Dr. Bradley Bastow of Glenn following an investigation that concluded he engaged in several unsanitary practices and put the public's health and safety at risk. 
 
 More on Freep.com: 
 
 Patients warned about pole barn surgeon in west Michigan 
 
 The state launched the investigation following the April 20 procedure inside his barn — known as the Body Laser Sculpting Medical Spa — and alleged Bastow committed numerous violations, including: 
 
 Performing liposuction procedures in unsanitary conditions in an unfinished pole barn. 
 
 Improperly disposing and storing medical waste. 
 
 Improperly dispensing and recording the dispensing of controlled substances. 
 
 Improperly comingling human and animal drugs. 
 
 Taking a controlled substance from the facility for personal use. 
 
 
 
 “Our investigation found that Dr. Bastow’s conduct was negligent, incompetent and lacked good moral character,” said LARA Director Shelly Edgerton. “Our top priority is the health and safety of Michiganders, and the dangerous and deplorable conditions of Dr. Bastow’s facility warranted an immediate suspension of his medical license.” 
 
 Bastow could not be reached for comment at his medical facility. 
 
 According to the complaint filed by the Michigan Licensing and Regulatory Affairs and Attorney General Bill Schuette, Bastow operated his medical practice inside an unfinished pole barn in Glenn for about two years, from 2015 through April 2017. Before that, he practiced in nearby South Haven. 
 
 Nick Stegman previously told a west Michigan TV station that he worked at a pharmacy in the same building as Bastow in South Haven. 
 
 "He purchased a couple limos, and part of his whole thing is he would pick the people up in the limo, do surgery and then he would drive them back to wherever it was he picked them up,” Stegman recalled. “A lot of things I (saw) working at the pharmacy in the same building did not seem very sanitary.” 
 
 On June 15, 2016, a court entered a judgment against Bastow ordering him to bring his pole barn into compliance with a site plan that had been approved by the township within 30 days. The court also ordered that no activity other than construction could occur on the property until the township issued a certificate of occupancy. 
 
 But Bastow ignored the court order and continued to run his medical practice out of the barn, even though it wasn't finished and had no occupancy certificate, the complaint said. 
 
 According to pictures obtained by the Allegan County Sheriff's Department and a followup inspection of the barn, several other problems were cited, including: 
 
 Improper storage of medical waste. 
 
 Bastow allowed staff to dispense prescriptions when he wasn't present at the facility. 
 
 Bastow failed to separate expired drugs from nonexpired drugs. 
 
 Bastow admitted to taking the painkiller Tramadol for personal use. 
 
 During the investigation, the Allegan County Health Department advised patients of Bastow who may have developed a fever, redness or swelling after surgery in his Glenn pole barn to get immediate medical care. 
 
 Contact Tresa Baldas: tbaldas@freepress.com. WZZM-TV contributed to this report. 
 
 Read or Share this story: http://on.freep.com/2qODK21
– It had the fancy-sounding name of the Body Laser Sculpting Medical Spa, but when Dr. Bradley Bastow's patients showed up for liposuction surgery, they saw the reality: It was actually a pole barn. On Tuesday, state health officials in Michigan suspended Bastow's osteopathic license after concluding that he was operating under unsanitary conditions in Glenn, reports the Detroit Free Press. The investigation began April 20 after a patient on whom he performed liposuction appeared to drift in and out of consciousness and had to be taken to the hospital. Her family had been allowed to watch the 10-hour procedure, and they reported seeing Bastow dump fat down a sink drain instead of disposing of the biological waste in proper fashion, reports WDIV. Other charges against Bastow include "improperly comingling human and animal drugs" and taking a controlled substance from the facility for personal use. The state also specifically referred to the "unfinished pole barn" in regard to its allegations about unsanitary conditions. The barn had failed three building code inspections, reports Fox 17. Bastow had previously operated in an office building elsewhere, but former patients didn't sound too thrilled about those conditions, either: "They left me with the dog in an operating room that wasn’t an operating room, it was a closet," one tells the station. "It was so small and so horrible. It was a nightmare that I just want to let go." (This study identified something about those most likely to have cosmetic surgery.)