A heartbroken mum has issued a warning after her son sadly died following botched weight-loss surgery in Turkey. Joe Thornley, from Derbyshire, had travelled to Istanbul for a gastric sleeve procedure, an operation in which a large part of the stomach is cut away.
The 25-year-old had a heart attack during the operation and was unable to be saved, his mother Julie was told. But a post-mortem examination revealed that Joe had actually died from internal bleeding, as he had bled at the site of the operation.
Julie, 58, said that, when Joe booked the operation online, she had not been concerned because it "looked like a nice hospital". But she is now warning others to be careful when considering cheap surgeries, reports YorkshireLive.
