Brit builder, 25, dies from internal bleeding after cut-price Turkey weight loss op
dailystar.co.uksurgery have warned others from making the same mistake.Joe Thornley, 25, from South Normanton, Derbyshire, passed away after he underwent a gastric sleeve procedure.He paid just £3,000 for the op in the hope of trimming down on his 19-stone frame.READ MORE: Meghan Markle's estranged dad hits out at her claims she 'lost him' in furious rantThe surgeon he went told his devastated mum, Julie, 58, that he had passed from a cardiac arrest, but it was found after that he had actually suffered internal bleeding in the place where he had had the operation.Julie said: “It looked like a nice hospital and it had good reviews.
I didn’t think anything would go wrong.” She added: “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.”Since 2019, 20 Brits are understood to have passed away after medical trips to Turkey, the Foreign Office said.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.Julie continued: “I would tell anyone to be very, very careful where you go.
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