Turkey weight loss doctor who operated on British woman before her death says he 'did nothing wrong'
25.01.2024 - 09:49
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
A doctor who performed weight loss surgery in Turkey on a young woman who then died has denied any wrongdoing.
Tragic Morgan Ribeir was just 20-years-old when she flew abroad, using her trust fund to pay for gastric sleeve surgery in Istanbul. However, on the flight home, Morgan collapsed. She was taken to hospital but sadly died.
The Mirror tracked down Dr Serkan Bayil, who denied botching the operation on Morgan, and insisted he did nothing wrong.
Her heartbroken mum Erin Gibson has hit out at the dangerous industry and wants a cosmetic tourism ban. She said: “It must stop.”
Dr Bayil addressed concerns, saying 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, 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. The cost for private treatment in the UK is £8,000 to £10,000, but in Turkey it was just £2,500.
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 sadly died four days later.
Dr Bayil told the Mirror 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 the surgery.
“Her vital signs were good when she left us. The most fearful thing in these operations is leakage and she had zero leakage and