READ MORE: Warning over 'vampire facials' after three women contract HIVA young mother was left fighting for her life after 'nightmare' weight loss surgery in Turkey.
However, she faces a growing bill of over £5,000 to get back to the UK after needing emergency care overseas. Blood gushed from a surgical drain placed in her abdomen as part of the procedure, according to a GoFundMe page.She later collapsed and had to be rushed to emergency care. Urgent investigations revealed her spleen had ruptured, causing an internal bleed.
Her best friend Leah Mattson, who has set up a GoFundMe to help the family, said Ms Quick cried out 'how much is this going to cost?' before staff took her away. Despite apparent initial assurances that this extra treatment wouldn't cost the family any more, they say they have now been saddled with a £5,300 bill for this unexpected treatment and to get Ms Quick home.
READ MORE: 'My breasts were empty pockets and my arms had wings' - The hellish consequences of my 12 stone weight loss and why surgery in Turkey was my biggest mistake Advertisement 'Never did she believe she would nearly not come home. The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons found 324 Brits have needed medical treatment or corrective surgery after having gone under the knife overseas since 2018.
While the £15,000 figure is an average, surgeons have previously told this website more serious cases can cost upwards of £100,000 to the taxpayer. Such complications can leave patients both out of pocket and facing long term aesthetic or health problems. Brits who have died after going under the knife in Turkey At least 25 Brits have died as a result of medical tourism trips to Turkey since January 2019, according to the Government's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.Leah Cambridge, 29, suffered a blood clot during a £6,500 Brazilian butt lift surgery in Turkey.The mother-of-three, from Leeds, died just one day after travelling to an Elite Aftercare clinic in Turkey in August 2018.
Ms Cambridge father, Craig, took his own life in 2021 with an inquest held in July last year hearing how he was never able to get past the loss of his daughter.Diarra Akua Eunice Brown, died aged 28, two days after getting liposuction at a clinic in the suburb of Bahcelievler in Istanbul, in October 2021.While the procedure initially appeared to be a success, Ms Brown 'suddenly' fell ill while having her dressings changed.