I am so, so sad about Morgan's death. But I did nothing wrong

A SURGEON in Turkey who performed weight loss surgery on a woman who later died says he did nothing wrong.

-  ADAM ASPINALL in Istanbul and MATTHEW YOUNG

Morgan Ribeiro, 20, used her own trust fund to pay for the gastric sleeve operation by Dr. Serkan Bayil in Istanbul but collapsed on her flight home.

Dr Bayil told us at the private hospital where he works that her death had nothing to do with the operation and claimed she died due to an embolism on the plane.

But his assessment angered Morgan's grieving mum Erin Gibson, 44, who said surgeons had told her that her small intestine had been cut.

Gastric sleeve surgery involves the insertion of a silicone band which pinches the stomach so people feel fuller sooner. It costs £8,000 to £10,000 in the UK, but it was £2,500 in Turkey.

Morgan went under the knife on January 5 and was cleared by Dr Bayil to return home to South London on January 9. But during her flight back to Gatwick she developed complications and is believed to have gone into septic shock.

The plane was diverted to Serbia for her to receive emergency medical treatment but she died four days later.

Dr Bayil told us at the Medivita hospital in Istanbul that Morgan's death had nothing to do with her surgery there.

He said: "She died due to an embolism on the flight, not due to complications from surgery.