Happy-go-lucky builder, 25, dies in cut-price weight loss surgery in Turkey
Posted: Thursday, September 8th, 2022
A family in the Midlands are warning over the dangers of cut-price weight loss surgery in Turkey. Brit surgeons have spoken out over botched operations, as thousands gamble with their health by opting for bargain bariatric surgery, BirminghamLive has reported. Gastric sleeves and bypasses can be bought for £3,000 at some hospitals in Turkey. Increasing numbers are turning to them, as NHS waiting lists hit huge numbers. Surgeons have told the Mirror people are risking their lives through botched ops and poor aftercare overseas. Builder Joe Thornley, 25, from South Normanton, died after a gastric sleeve procedure in Istanbul. The surgeon told Joe’s devastated mum that he had a cardiac arrest, but a post-mortem revealed he had suffered internal bleeding at the site of the op. He booked a £3,000 operation online in a bid to slim down his 19-stone frame. Julie, 58, said: “It looked like a nice hospital and it had good reviews. I didn’t think anything would go wrong.” The grieving mum said: “A few days later the so-called surgeon rang me and said he had a cardiac arrest and he couldn’t save him. I believed him. “But when we had his body back the post-mortem found he had bled at the site of the operation. He died of internal bleeding. It was the aftercare, or they didn’t realise he was bleeding.” Julie warned others: “I would tell anyone to be very, very careful where you go. Or don’t go at all. It’s not worth it.” The Foreign Office says 20 Brits have died during medical tourism trips to Turkey since January 2019.
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