The loss experienced by the family of Derry woman Shannon Meenan-Browse is inconceivable. At the end of August, the 32-year-old mum of four became the latest tragic victim of weight loss surgery in Turkey gone catastrophically wrong. Shannon travelled abroad as a last-ditch attempt to lose the weight she put on following the sudden deaths of her sister and brother…
The nightmare endured by Shannon Meenan-Browse should act as a warning to us all. Very few of us are entirely comfortable in our own skin and, as such, an increasing number of people from Northern Ireland are travelling abroad for surgery – either because it isn’t available here or because it costs significantly less to have the operation done in…