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28-year-old British lady dies in Turkey following gastric band surgery

Friends and family of a 28-year-old British lady who died following weight-reduction surgery in Turkey were “devastated” by the loss.

According to The Sun, Shannon Bowe, a woman from Falkirk, Scotland, died on Friday while having a gastric band fitted.

It should only take an hour to finish the surgery, which entails wrapping a band around the stomach to help the patient feel full more quickly.

What difficulties caused Shannon’s death are still unknown.

Her boyfriend Ross Stirling paid tribute to his ‘angel’, writing online: ‘Sleep tight my angel, love you forever and always.’

Messages from friends have also poured in across social media, with some describing the young Scot as one of the ‘kindest of souls’.

A friend said: ‘Everyone is totally devastated. Shannon was one of the kindest people I knew and she would do anything for anyone.

‘These operations obviously are risky, but it is so rare you hear of this happening.

‘Everyone is finding it really hard to believe she is no longer with us.’

The friend also said Shannon did not have travel insurance, meaning her family have to spend thousands to bring her back to the UK.

Her aunt, Amanda Bowe, wrote on Facebook: ‘My beautiful niece Shannon, there are no words, just heartbreak and grief. Life can be so cruel.

‘She was a beautiful, funny, crazy girl who will always live in my heart.’

Last year Joe Thornley, from Derbyshire, died during a botched weight-loss surgery in Turkey.

He decided to get a sleeve gastrectomy to remove a large part of his stomach.

A Turkish doctor claimed he suffered a heart attack during the operation, but a post-mortem examination revealed he died from internal bleeding.

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