A Nigerian-British woman Abimbola Bamgbose has died following liposuction treatment in Turkey.

Liposuction is a fat-removal procedure used in plastic surgery.

The 38-year-old social worker died in August after buying an overseas package deal with Mono Cosmetic Surgery.

Her husband Moyosore Olowo is suing the firm and the surgeon responsible, Dr Hakan Aydogan, for £1million, claiming medical negligence.

Proceedings have been issued in the Turkish courts.

Mr Olowo told the PA news agency: “She was the backbone of the family.

“My wife was an excellent mum. My son has special needs and she was a calming influence on him.

“Now I am left alone caring for the children and it is really, really painful.”

Ms Bamgbose travelled abroad for the treatment at Mono Cosmetic Surgery Clinic in Izmir, a city on the country’s Aegean coast, Igbere TV reports.

Although the mother-of-three had initially hoped to have surgery in the UK, she looked abroad after finding it was too expensive, Olowo said.

Having compared options, she eventually settled on spending £5,000 in Turkey, with Mono also providing airport transfers and accommodation.

Her husband said she began experiencing severe abdominal pain after receiving the treatment.

Four days later, he said, she was seen by another specialist at the hospital and had a second surgery.

At this point Olowo, who said his wife was his “best friend”, flew to Turkey, where he was told by medical staff at the hospital an error in the initial procedure had led to complications.

After returning home to take care of his family, Olowo then received a WhatsApp call from the surgeon, where he was told his wife had died. The couple, originally from Nigeria, had been together for 15 years, Igbere TV reports.

In the post-mortem examination, the North West Kent Coroner Service found Bamgbose died from peritonitis and multi-organ failure following a complication of the liposuction surgery.

Olowo said his “beautiful” wife had suffered from low self-esteem after giving birth to her three children, Morayo, 13, Eyitayo, 10 and Titilayomi, seven.

He has not been able to return to work as a Network Rail contractor since she died because of childcare commitments.

The bereaved husband said he would advise anyone thinking of having surgery in Turkey to “not go”.

“I am not going to label all medical practitioners in Turkey as below par, but there is the language barrier,” he said.

He said he fears communication issues may have contributed to signs of her complications being missed.

Olowo’s Turkish lawyer Burcu Holmgren said “Abimbola’s death is due to medical negligence.”

sisisioge:
Poor family...she actually did need the surgery. Pregnancy left a toll on her. May God rest her well and console the family she left behind .

Kriss216:
A sensible husband would not sue the company, rather, blame his dead foolish wife for her actions.

A mother of three, married for 15 years, wetin she wan use plastic surgery achieve?

RepoMan007:
Really? Every one grows old whether pregnancy or no pregnancy. Please try and understand.

sisisioge:


[s]She wasnt old. She was probably conscious of the belly fat. Nothing wrong with her wanting to take it off. If the hospital wereI competent, all would have been well.[/s]

southniyikaye:
So with high rate of people dying due to botched surgery, people still do it?

I was weighing 112kg by January last year..
By August, I decided to do something about it before it kills me..
Started with dieting, doing 50 skipping then later increased it to 700 with time.
60 sit ups
Bought ab roller.. Did 5 the first day. Couldn't do 1 the next day cos it looks like my tummy was gonna split..
By now, I do 50 ab rolling at a stretch..
With the aid of 3 ballerina tea which I use at interval so I don't get used to it...
Downloaded some exercise app and followed the routines daily..
Now I weigh 92kg..well,i should have weigh less but have been lazy for about 2months now but I still do my ab rolling.. Though I weigh 92kg,my six packs is becoming visible now... Me wey get Belle like person wey Wan born triplets before...
Obesity is bad but with time and consistency, you can get rid of it...

I can do a detailed analysis of how I went about trashing obesity...

MummyD2020:

Fire down. I just had a baby and I need to trim dow abeg.