MPs have heard a call for a health tourism advertising ban following the “agonising, horrific death” of a Scots woman in Turkey.
Shannon Bowe, 28, travlled from from her home in Falkirk to Turkey in April 2023, but tragically passed away following gastric band surgery.
Foreign Minister Leo Docherty told the Commons that 28 British nationals have died since 2019 after having elective medical procedures abroad.
SNP MP John McNally (Falkirk) said that was “far too many people that had died”.
He told MPs: “Many gruesome deaths have occurred following cosmetic surgery in Turkey, including my own constituent, 28-year-old Shannon, whose family witnessed the most agonising, horrific death as Shannon lay on a table for some nine hours convulsing.
“Not once, as far as I’m aware, have foreign office ministers raised the issue of such needless deaths with Turkish government officials, and furthermore I believe a pitiful byline…
