NHS alert over 'botched Brazilian butt lifts' after patients die abroad

At slightest six Brits died successful Turkey aft aesculapian procedures past twelvemonth (Image: Getty)

The NHS should not beryllium “left to prime up the pieces of botched Brazilian butt lifts”, England’s apical doc has said.

Professor Sir Stephen Powis, NHS nationalist aesculapian director, spoke retired aft respective women mislaid their lives successful caller years aft travelling to Turkey for cut-price surgery.

He said: “The NHS volition ever beryllium determination for those who request it, but should not beryllium near to prime up the pieces of botched BBLs.

“Not lone are they perchance fatal, having the highest decease complaint of each cosmetic procedures, but dodgy tweakments and surgeries are leaving the NHS to repair the harm and taxpayers to ft the bill.

“I’d impulse anyone considering a BBL to deliberation doubly earlier taking up an connection that seems excessively bully to beryllium true.”

An inquest this week heard however Hayley Dowell, 38, from Edinburgh, died past October aft suffering aesculapian complications portion having a £7,000 Brazilian butt lift, tummy tuck and liposuction astatine a backstage session successful Turkey.

Her hubby Neil Dowell, who accompanied her connected the trip, claimed that doctors astatine the Turkish session did not outline the risks and the surgeon near halfway through.

Other tragic cases see Kaydell Brown, 38, from Sheffield, who signed up for aggregate surgeries successful Turkey but died aft going into theatre connected March 26 this year.

Her sister Leanne told ITV News: “She went successful for country astatine astir 9.30am and that was the past clip I saw her.”

Foreign Office information shows that astatine slightest six British radical died successful Turkey successful 2023 aft travelling overseas for aesculapian procedures.

Overall, 28 British nationals person died successful the state pursuing planned country since 2019, the information shows.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting besides urged radical to “think precise cautiously earlier flying overseas, paying what looks similar a benignant of stone bottommost charismatic price”.

He said: “I deliberation we request to instrumentality precise earnestly this contented of aesculapian negligence and malpractice overseas.

“My beardown proposal to British travellers is if the connection looks excessively bully to beryllium true, I fishy it is excessively bully to beryllium true, and deliberation precise cautiously earlier flying overseas, paying what looks similar a benignant of stone bottommost charismatic price, due to the fact that you whitethorn extremity up paying the consequences for years to travel arsenic a effect of injuries, which successful the worst cases tin beryllium life-changing.”

A caller survey by the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) surveyed 103 radical who experienced complications aft procedures overseas betwixt 2012 and 2022.

Some 83% said the little outgo of country overseas was their superior crushed for doing it, and 66% said they would not marque the aforesaid determination again.

Turkey was the destination of prime for 69%, followed by the Dominican Republic (7%), Brazil (6%) and Tunisia (4%). Mr Streeting vowed to enactment with planetary partners to “try and amended information for Brits abroad”.

But helium added: “We besides request to nonstop a beardown connection to the British nationalist to negociate the risks, to bash their homework and deliberation precise cautiously earlier taking up offers that are excessively bully to beryllium true.”

Consultant integrative surgeon Professor Vivien Lees, Royal College of Surgeons of England vice president, called for amended extortion throough tighter regularisation and educaiton.

She added: "It is incredibly bittersweet that lives are being mislaid to cut-price country abroad. After years of inaction from officials, we are present convening an urgent gathering with experts crossed health, advertising, and commercialized authorities, unneurotic with overseas governments, to code this increasing crisis.

"We are calling for a broad attack to safeguard those considering country overseas.

 "In the UK, our Cosmetic Surgery Board Certification Scheme sets a captious benchmark to assistance patients take Board certified cosmetic surgeons who conscionable precocious standards of attraction and professionalism. This is simply a voluntary strategy which the UK authorities present has the enactment to marque a mandatory requirement."