{"id":142988,"date":"2023-09-12T14:30:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T14:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/?p=142988"},"modified":"2023-09-12T14:30:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T14:30:27","slug":"brit-woman-31-told-hospital-worker-she-was-nervous-before-she-died-during-brazilian-bum-lift-operation-in-turkey-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/world-news\/brit-woman-31-told-hospital-worker-she-was-nervous-before-she-died-during-brazilian-bum-lift-operation-in-turkey-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Brit woman, 31, told hospital worker she was 'nervous' before she died during Brazilian bum lift operation in Turkey | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
A BRITISH woman told a hospital worker she was "nervous" before she died during a Brazilian bum lift operation in Turkey, an inquest heard.<\/p>\n
Melissa Kerr, 31, travelled from her home in Norfolk to Istanbul to undergo the \u00a33,200 procedure at Medicana Kadikoy\u00a0hospital<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The dangerous op reshapes the buttocks by transferring fat from areas including the stomach and back.<\/p>\n Melissa was killed when injected fat entered a vein and blocked her pulmonary artery causing an embolism.<\/p>\n An inquest heard today how the counsellor was only given "limited information regarding the risks and mortality rate" associated with the op in November 2020.<\/p>\n Consultant plastic surgeon Simon Withey told the hearing the death rate associated with Brazilian butt lifts is "likely to be in excess of one in 4,000".<\/p>\n The expert also said it was "quite possible" Melissa may not have gone ahead with the procedure if she had known the risks before she "financially committed".<\/p>\n Norfolk Coroner's Court<\/span> heard Melissa sent a string of WhatsApp messages to a hospital worker before travelling to Turkey<\/span>.<\/p>\n She asked four times to be sent photos of previous patients but these were never allegedly never forwarded on.<\/p>\n Melissa, who was "conscious about her appearance", also told the worker she was a "bit nervous".<\/p>\n <\/picture>TRAGIC END <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>ENDER THE ROAD <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>TODDLER TRAGEDY <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>KINGDOM OF JORDAN <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Norfolk's senior coroner Jacqueline Lake recorded a narrative verdict and confirmed Melissa died after cosmetic surgery.<\/p>\n She\u00a0said: "Ms Kerr wasn't seen by a surgeon or clinician prior to the date of the procedure.<\/p>\n "Ms Kerr underwent a limited assessment prior to the procedures.<\/p>\n "Ms Kerr was provided with limited information regarding the risks and mortality rate associated with this procedure."<\/p>\n The coroner said she would be writing to the Health Secretary Steve Barclay about overseas surgeries to "prevent future<\/span> deaths".<\/p>\n Melissa's devastated partner Skye Birch previously paid tribute to the counsellor.<\/p>\n He said: "So it's valentines, a day of hearts<\/span> and flowers, a day of showing how much you love and care for some one in your life.<\/p>\n "But for us it's another occasion we have to spend without you Melissa Kerr.<\/p>\n "All I want is To be Us again\u2026to put your engagement ring on your finger, for you to plan your wedding with you mum and sister.<\/p>\n "I will continue to love you with all my heart until my last breath.\u201d<\/p>\n Melissa worked as a psychological wellbeing practitioner at mental health charity<\/span> Mind, according to a\u00a0JustGiving\u00a0page.<\/p>\n Her heartbroken twin sister Natasha paid tribute to the animal lover, who was "passionate about changing the world one step at a time".<\/p>\n She said: "Words cannot describe the pain and heartbreak we are going through, life without her will never be the same again.<\/p>\n "We miss her deeply and nothing will fill the emptiness we are left with.<\/p>\n "A pure and beautiful soul inside and out."<\/p>\n The controversial Brazilian butt lift involves taking fat from the waist or stomach and inserting it in the buttocks.<\/p>\n It takes between one and two hours and involves a tiny cannula being inserted into a 2mm hole to extract fat.<\/p>\n The fat is then purified and re-injected into the buttocks.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n But it is believed to have the highest death rate of all cosmetic surgery procedures.<\/p>\nMost read in The Sun<\/h2>\n
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