I don't want other families to suffer because of these ridiculous surgeries

Morgan dad’s warning after Turkey tragedy

- MATTHEW YOUNG

THE heartbroken dad of a young woman who died after weight-loss surgery in Turkey wants to make sure no other parents lose a child because of botched operations.

Richard Ribeiro, 44, said his 20-year-old daughter Morgan spent her family trust fund, released to her aged 18, on the £2,500 procedure.

But she never made it home, falling seriously ill on the flight home and dying in Belgrade, Serbia, after emergency efforts to save her failed.

Richard said: "We want to make sure something like this doesn't ever happen again that no more children are taken away from their families because of these ridiculous surgeries.

"They do not operate properly and do not follow proper procedures.

"I don't want any other families to ever suffer like this.