A British woman who died in Turkey after a Brazilian butt-lift procedure was subjected to a “clearly barbaric medical procedure” in which she gave no informed consent, a coroner has ruled. BBCDemi Agoglia, 26, from Greater Manchester, traveled to Turkey for the procedure in January after seeing a social media ad for the Istanbul-based Comfort Zone. The investigation revealed that he died in an Istanbul hospital on 8 January, three days after the operation and poor care.
On Wednesday, Bolton coroner John Pollard found that Ms. Agoglia died from a microfat embolism, which occurs when the fat she was injected with enters the bloodstream, the outlet reported. They ruled that the 26-year-old died as a result of “misadventure occasioned by negligence”.
“I think in this case there was no proper informed consent, there was no proper pre-operative care and advice, and there was no proper post-operative care. All of this meant that overall the care was below the expected standard of this type of The lack of treatment and care significantly contributed to Demi’s death,” Mr Pollard said. Independent,
The coroner also told Ms Agoglia’s family that he would write to the Health Secretary, adding, “I feel that something more needs to be done to stop this clearly barbaric medical practice being carried out at such low standards that Certainly will not be tolerated in the UK.”
Specifically, Ms. Agoglia traveled to Türkiye with her partner, Bradley Jones. He said he did not want Ms. Agoglia to have the surgery, but he had booked the trip months in advance after “seeing a celebrity” advertising the procedure. The pair stayed at a shared villa in Istanbul before being taken to hospital by taxi.
After the operation, Ms Agoglia was “shivering” and feeling “very, very cold”, Mr Jones said. Ms Agoglia complained of chest tightness, after which Comfort Zone staff were called to the villa and checked her blood pressure, but did not inspect the area of operation or check her heart rate and pulse, as Heard in the inquiry.
The 26-year-old woman collapsed in the villa the next day and was taken back to hospital where she died. The surgeon who performed the operation later told Mr Jones that he had done everything he could. It later emerged that the Comfort Zone staff who were called to the villa were not qualified nurses.
Brazilian butt lift (BBL) is a surgery where the doctor transfers fat from the abdomen, hips, lower back or thighs to the buttocks. Women undergo surgery to get an hourglass figure with larger buttocks. Doctors remove fat using liposuction. According to The Independent, the procedure can cost as much as £3,500 (Rs 3,71,049) in Turkey, but up to £10,000 (Rs 10,60,021) in the UK, and it has the highest risk of all cosmetic surgeries. It happens.
