A woman has been fighting for her life after a careless gastric sleeve surgery abroad left her stomach feeling 'like concrete', the Liverpool ECHO reports. Pinky Jolley, 45 travelled to Istanbul for the procedure in November where she had 85% of her stomach removed after she ballooned to 17st 11lbs following serious medical complications which left her in a wheelchair.
UK doctors advised the diabetic woman to slim down when she piled on the pounds but after spending four years on NHS waiting lists for surgery, she launched a fundraiser to raise money for the procedure 'to allow her to have a future'. Pinky, who is unemployed, quickly raised over £2,000 and flew to Turkey two months later for the operation.
However, when she first arrived at the clinic she began to ponder her decision when she realised the staff 'could barely speak English' but said she felt she had to go ahead with the surgery. After a two-hour operation, she suffered from multiple complications, including intense abdominal pain, vomiting, and dehydration.
