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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
World
Kate Lally

Turkey travel warning after 22 UK 'medical tourism' deaths

The Foreign Office has updated its guidance for Turkey amid a surge in "medical tourism", as people travel there from the UK to have surgical and dental treatment.

People are being warned to carry out extensive research before travelling to Turkey for any procedures after the government department said it was aware of 22 British nationals who have died in Turkey since January 2019 following medical tourism visits.

Advice on Gov.uk states: "Cosmetic surgery, dental procedures and cardiac surgery are the most common procedures that medical tourists undertake.

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