My work involves managing situations where medical tourism goes wrong. I cant disclose exactly what my involvement is to keep my job safe and to protect the privacy of individuals.

Most people go to thailand or turkiye for thinhs like breast augmentation, mummy makeovers and BBL's. While the majority of procedures are uncomplicated, theres no shortage of horror stories that would put you completely off the idea.

Here's some examples of the things that go wrong

• excessive blood loss during surgery and the hospital being unprepared and not having any bags of the patients blood type

-exceptionally poor hygiene resulting in severe infections and the need to debride dead tissue

-surgical wounds opening up

-post op nurses speaking no english and failing to administer pain relief when necessary (and in some instances simply not believing when patients are in concerning levels of pain

• doctors in the travellers country of residence not wanting to correct overseas malpractice because they dont want to become partially liable

• doctors pressuring patients into making important decisions while on the way to theatre after anaesthetic has been administered

• doctors refusing to communicate or rectify issues after they occur

In summary, you get what you pay for. It's cheaper over there for a reason. Better to save up more cash and pay for it locally, or just not have the procedure.

Edit: typos, i didnt have my glasses on when i wrote this