UK, Turkish officials to meet over woman's death during Brazilian butt lift surgery in Istanbul
File photo of Melissa Kerr.
British officials will meet with their Turkish counterparts over the death of a British woman who died during aBrazilian butt lift surgery at a private hospital in Istanbul. According to a report by The Guardian on Monday (Nov 21), 31-year-old Melissa Kerr from Norfolk, travelled to Medicana Haznedar hospital for the surgery in 2019. Kerr died on the day of the surgery.
The report said that an inquest into her death, which took place in Norwich earlier this year, heard that Kerr was given only limited information about the risks and mortality rate associated with the surgery.
The meeting's agenda
Senior Coroner for Norfolk, Jacqueline Lake, wrote to the health secretary expressing concerns about people travelling abroad for cosmetic surgery. In response,Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women Maria Caulfield said UK officials would be travelling to Turkey to meet their counterparts.
Caulfield said that intention was to discuss the regulatory framework, and the protections were in place for British nationals, and to identifyconcrete areas where the UK and Turkish authorities should work together to reduce the risks to patients in the future.
“Specifically, I have noted in your report the lack of standard pre-assessment questions provided to Ms Kerr in Turkey," she added and encouraged British citizensto meet international best practices on pre-operative procedures whenever possible.
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The under-secretary concludedthat Kerr died after injected fat entered a vein before moving and blocking her pulmonary artery.
What is this surgery?
According to WebMD, theBrazilian butt lift surgery involves transferring fat frombelly, hips, lower back, or thighs to your buttocks. The result is more of an hourglass-shaped figure, with larger buttocks, WebMD said
WebMD also pointed out that this procedure can be risky and even fatal but is considered safer than other procedures to change how buttocks look.