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A mother of three died after receiving poor care during a ‘Brazilian butt lift’ in Türkiyean inquest was heard.

Demi Agoglia, 26, from Salford, Greater Manchester, was allegedly ‘conscious of her appearance’ and insisted on undergoing the procedure, which involves taking fat from elsewhere on the body and injecting it into the hips and buttocks.

She died in an Istanbul hospital on January 8, just three days after the operation. Bolton coroner John Pollard ruled on Wednesday (December 11) that the medical cause of death was a microscopic fat embolism, in which tissue leaks into the bloodstream.

In conclusion, Mrs. Agoglia died as a result of a mishap caused by negligence; he said: “I find that there was not appropriate informed consent in this matter. There was neither appropriate pre-operative care and advice nor appropriate post-operative care.

“All of this meant that the care in total fell well below the standards expected of this type of treatment, and the lack of care contributed significantly to Demi’s death.”

Mr Pollard told Ms Agoglia’s family he would write to the Health Secretary West Streetadding: “I think something more needs to be done to prevent this frankly barbaric medical practice from being carried out to such low standards that would certainly not be tolerated in the UK.”

Bolton Coroner’s Court heard Ms Agoglia had mental health problems and took medication for ADHD and bipolar disorder.

Her mother, Christine Tydd, told Ms Agoglia she was a “beautiful girl” and did not need surgery shortly before her daughter traveled to Turkey on January 4 with her partner, Bradley Jones, the court heard.

Ms Agoglia’s grieving mother said: “She was conscious of her appearance. She couldn’t change her mind.”

Mr Jones said he did not want Ms Agoglia to have surgery either. Yet she had booked the trip months earlier through a company called Comfort Zone Surgery after “seeing a celebrity” advertising the procedure.

The couple stayed in a shared villa in Istanbul before being taken by taxi to hospital. Mr Jones said that after the operation Ms Agoglia was “shaking” and seemed “very, very cold”.

Comfort Zone staff were called to the villa after Ms. Agoglia complained of chest tightness, and they checked her blood pressure but did not inspect the operation area or check her heart rate and his pulse, according to the investigation.

Ms Agoglia collapsed at the villa the next day and was taken back to Avrasya Hospital, where she died.

The surgeon who performed the operation later told Mr Jones that he had done everything possible. The Comfort Zone staff called to the villa were not qualified nursing staff.

Giving expert evidence, Harley Street consultant plastic surgeon Dr Omar Tillo noted the “completely bizarre” actions of Comfort Zone staff, who attempted to feed Ms Agoglia pieces of cucumber after she collapsed.

He said: “The lack of appropriate care and response, particularly the failure to address post-operative complications, likely played a significant role in Demi’s tragic outcome.”

Dr Tillo said the Brazilian butt lift procedure is carried out in the UK “under very strict rules to do it safely”.

Pathologist Dr Usha Chandran conducted an autopsy on January 25 and ruled the cause of death “uncertain” as she found no evidence of microscopic fat embolism.

But Mr Pollard stressed that deterioration of the body can take place when there is such a delay between death and autopsy.

Dr Tillo agreed with Mr Pollard that it would seem “almost unbelievable” that the death of a physically fit young woman was not linked to the butt lift operation she had.

Dr Chandran told the hearing: “I’m really disturbed by Demi’s death and I feel like all these cosmetic procedures are getting a lot of emphasis from celebrities… and are being done in poor quality clinics.”

The investigation found that the coroner’s office sent several emails to the Turkish hospital and the surgeons involved seeking statements, but received no responses.

Mr Pollard said: “Most inquests are sad in nature. This investigation is even more so because it involved the death of a young woman with considerable mental health problems who, despite the fact that she was pretty and her partner did not think she needed help. improvement, insisted on undergoing BBL surgery.

“I discovered that she had gone to Turkey probably because the process was quicker and cheaper than in the UK. We know little or nothing about the perioperative situation because the Turkish authorities refused to cooperate with the coronary process.

“I found the post-operative care varied from dismal to completely non-existent. When she had obvious symptoms of serious illness, this was understandably not immediately recognized by her partner, nor by unqualified members of staff.

“By the time she got to the hospital, it was frankly too late and she was in an irreparable condition. I think the fact that she was always taken not in an ambulance but in a taxi was indicative of the bad level of care, it was always the same taxi.

“I heard extremely helpful testimony from Dr. Tillo, who clearly laid out all the failures and failings that he was able to assess from the evidence and sparse documentation available to him.”

No records of any intensive care unit admission or any tests or scans carried out were produced, the inquest heard.

After the inquest, Ms Agoglia’s sister Chloe, 23, said: ‘I simply wouldn’t recommend anyone to go to Turkey for possible surgeries or do any further research about it, even if he thinks about it.

“She was so beautiful and didn’t need any surgery. She only went because she was so depressed and didn’t feel well enough. Our Democrat not only left her family behind, she left the most beautiful little boys.

“Forever and always in our hearts, Dem. We really gave it our all. Sleep well, Dem.”