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The Nigerian parents of a young woman who d!ed after a low-cost weight loss surgery in Turkey have been awarded £858,000 in compensation.
Khelisyah Ashamu, a 26-year-old mother of one, passed away just eight days after undergoing a gastric bypass procedure at a hospital in Izmir in February 2019. She had battled with her weight and was unhappy with the appearance of her stomach following a Caesarean section, which ultimately led her to seek surgery abroad.
Her family said she turned to a British expat-run medical tourism company, Get Slim in Turkey, in hopes of achieving her desired results, a decision that tragically ended in her death.
After paying £3,300 for the operation and accommodation, she tragically fell ill and suffered a cardiac arrest following an exploratory follow-up surgery. She died in a Turkish hospital on February 9, 2019.
A coroner recorded the cause of her death as a lack of blood flow to the intestines, known as gastrointestinal ischaemia, a result of ‘complications’ of her surgery.
Her parents, Toyin and Oyebanji Ashamu, then launched a High Court claim against Tracey Ozdemir, trading as Get Slim in Turkey, for compensation for her estate over her death.
Ms Ozdemir denied liability, but senior judge Mrs Justice Obi ruled against her, awarding the Ashamu family £858,000 in damages.
The judge accepted expert evidence that there had been ‘inadequate post-operative monitoring and airway care’ following the second operation after the initial gastric bypass.
And after finding that Ms Ozdemir, as ‘organiser’ of the ‘package travel contract’, was liable for the ‘proper performance’ of the surgery and aftercare, she ordered the huge damages payout.
Addressing Miss Ashamu’s parents afterwards, she said: ‘I recognise how difficult these proceedings must have been for you and I offer my sincere condolences for the loss of your daughter.
‘Of course, nothing this court can do can lessen that loss for you and your family, but I hope the conclusion of these proceedings will bring some measure of consolation.’
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