A British mother who flew to Turkey for a weight loss operation bled to death after the surgery went wrong, an inquest heard.
Janet Lynne Savage, 54, from Bangor, died after suffering damage to one of her main arteries during the procedure.Despite the efforts of medics at the hospital in Antalya she died in intensive care on August 6 last year.Mrs Savage contacted a health travel firm called Regenesis Health Travel at the start of July last year, and within 24 hours had signed up for surgery a month later in Turkey, the inquest heard.She said she wanted to lose three stone.
"‘I had no idea my suitcases were full of £15 million worth of cocaine’, claims Brit beautician facing 60 years behind barsPetition calling for Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby to resign over abuse 'failures' reaches over 9,000 signaturesSurgical notes taken at the clinic in Turkey said she had a 3-4mm ‘defect’ in her aorta when the operation began, leading to heavy bleeding. This was repaired by the surgical team who cancelled the gastric sleeve procedure.
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