Doctors warning about weight loss surgery overseas

Doctors have issued a warning over the dangers of obese Scots travelling abroad for weight loss surgery. One firm said patients feel they cannot wait for the NHS to help them tackle obesity and is flying about 60 people a month from Scotland to Turkey. But surgeons say the health service is left to …


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