Joe Thornley: Last News

A heartbroken mum warned others against dangerous weight loss surgery after her 25-year-old son died following an operation in Turkey. Joe Thornley, from Derbyshire, had flown out to Istanbul to undergo a gastric sleeve procedure.

surgery 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.

A British man desperate to lose weight died just hours after he underwent a £3,000 weight loss operation in Turkey, his devastated mum says.

A builder who wanted to lose weight died ­after undergoing cut-price gastric sleeve surgery in Turkey.