'My botched Turkey surgery means I'll be tube fed for life - don't do it'
29.07.2023 - 07:39
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
When Louise Bradley stepped off the plane in Turkey, she couldn't wait for her new life to begin. After four years of waiting on the NHS, she was delighted when a clinic on the Aegean coast offered her the gastric sleeve procedure she wanted.
The mum-of-two, from Whalley Range, developed arthritis as a result of being overweight, and she found it too painful to exercise. She was convinced travelling abroad for surgery was her only option.
But, following the procedure in May last year, which she had paid around £2,000 for, her health took a drastic turn for the worse.
Instead of removing 75 per cent of her stomach, a Turkish surgeon removed 92 per cent - resulting in her ending up in intensive care after she arrived back home to Manchester.
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The 33-year-old now will now have to eat and drink through a tube for the rest of her life, and is constantly in and out of hospital with complications. Her life has changed forever, but not the way she ever imagined.
Louise revealed her horror experience to the Manchester Evening News in the wake of the death of a loving mum-of-three from Oldham, who died in Turkey earlier this month, as she warned other people about the dangers of booking surgery abroad.
Leanne Leary, 38, suffered two heart attacks after undergoing a gastric sleeve procedure at a clinic in Istanbul, an inquest opening into her death heard last week.
Her tragic death comes after the UK Foreign Office issued an urgent warning to those travelling abroad for surgery, as at least 24 British nationals are known to have died in Turkey since January 2019 following medical procedures.
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