Coroner slams 'woeful' care suffered by mum in Turkey surgery tragedy
Manchester Evening News|December 12, 2024
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Coroner slams 'woeful' care suffered by mum in Turkey surgery tragedy

A MOTHER-OF-THREE who travelled to Turkey for a 'barbaric' Brazilian bum lift died of an embolism following 'woeful to completely non-existent' postoperative care, a coroner has concluded.

Demi Leigh-Regan Agoglia, 26, from Little Hulton, Salford, died of 'misadventure 'contributed to by neglect assistant coroner Professor John Pollard said. He vowed to write to the health secretary 'to stop this frankly barbaric medical practice being conducted to such low standards.

Ms Agoglia travelled to Turkey to have 'BBL' surgery on January 4 and underwent the operation the following day. It took place without 'proper informed consent and following 'peremptory' pre-op procedures, said Prof Pollard, who slammed the Turkish authorities who 'refused to co-operate with the coronial process "I do find the post-operative care varied from woeful to completely nonexistent," said Prof Pollard, who added that by the time she was taken to hospital following her collapse, Ms Agoglia was already in 'an irrecoverable state! The inquest in Bolton heard Ms Agoglia was described as healthy, but had been diagnosed with ADHD and bipolar disorder. Her mother, Christine Tydd, said the day before her daughter was due to fly to Turkey, she told her she didn't need to go because 'she was a good looking girl Ms Tydd told the inquest: "She said she wanted to go. She was conscious about the way she looked - there was no changing her mind."

Ms Agogliai and her partner, Bradley Jones, flew to Turkey on January 1 this year and were due to return on January 8, the day she died.

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