Friends have issued a warning after a woman travelled to Turkey for a gastric band revision.
Lois Tamar Brown, 61, of Onslow Road, travelled to Spain several years ago for a gastric band to help aid weight loss. But after she gained the weight she had originally lost over the years, she decided to travel to Turkey last year to "fix it".
Aiming to get a revision for her gastric band, Ms Brown was given a surgical procedure but soon developed "complications" in the form of infection and abdominal bleeding. From there she deteriorated and required "life saving surgery", but she tragically died in Istanbul on October 30, 2022.