Cork coroner Philip Comyn urged people to consider the risks associated with going overseas for proceduresHospitals here are dealing with up to 40 patients each week for complications after foreign surgeries Most have serious issues arising from botched gastric sleeve or bypass surgeries, with little or no follow-up care
Cork coroner Philip Comyn has urged people to carefully consider the risks associated with travelling overseas for surgeries, while a leading Irish weight-loss surgeon, Dr Colm O’Boyle, said Irish surgeons are very worried by the complications arising from such foreign surgeries.
Dr O’Boyle, a leading laparoscopic and bariatric surgeon, said it was vital that studies be conducted on the mortality rates associated with such overseas clinics. He said Irish surgeons are worried these rates are far higher than in Ireland or other EU countries.
“It is very dangerous… to do the surgery in isolation as a surgeon is to court disaster,” said Dr O’Boyle.
“My advice is…
