EXPERTS warned about the dangers of having weight loss surgery abroad during inquests into the deaths of two women.
A surgeon and a coroner issued stark warnings during probes into the deaths of two women, one who died on returning home and the other while in the ICU of a Turkish hospital.
Hazel Hamelin told how she and her mum, Estelita Hamelin, travelled to Istanbul to have liposuction and a tummy tuck in the Avrupamed HospitalCredit: Journalist CollectHazel told the Cork City Coroner’s court: ‘They were pushing her to sign those (documents) which she did without reading them.’Credit: Daragh McSweeney/Cork Courts Limited‘I went to the hotel to get mum’s clothes and that was the last time I saw her alive, as when I returned she had gone into surgery’Credit: Journalist Collect
The daughter of one of the women told how she and her mum, Estelita Hamelin, travelled to Istanbul to have liposuction and a tummy tuck in the Avrupamed Hospital.
