Mum left needing feeding tube after botched £2k weight loss surgery in Turkey

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A mum left with life-changing health complications after travelling to Turkey for weight loss surgery is warning others not to take the same risk.Louise Bradley, 33, was overjoyed when a clinic on the Aegean coast offered her the gastric sleeve procedure she wanted after she’d been on the NHS waiting list for four years.The mother-of-two had developed arthritis as a result of being overweight and found it too painful to exercise.But after paying £2000 for the surgery, Louise’s health took a turn for the worst.Instead of removing 75 per cent of her stomach, she said a Turkish surgeon removed 92 per cent.Louise ended up in intensive case when she returned home to Manchester.She will now have to eat and drink through a tube for the rest of her life.She told the Manchester Evening News of her ordeal in the wake of the death of 38-year-old Leanne Michelle Leary, who died after travelling to Turkey for a gastric sleeve procedure earlier this month.Louise was booked in for a gastric sleeve procedure on May 27 last year and paid £2000 for the surgery, which included accommodation at an all-inclusive hotel.She claims the surgeon told her the operation had been a success and signed a fit to fly certificate for the following day.Louise said: “I didn’t feel okay - I couldn’t even keep down water but the surgeon told me this was normal and I’d feel better once I was home in the UK.“On my flight home I passed out and they had to get an ambulance to greet me at Manchester Airport and take me to Wythenshawe hospital intensive care.“I was transferred to the weight management service at Salford Royal Hospital and they told me I was the fourth person they’d seen that week after getting back from having surgery in Turkey.“Whilst I was there