Following Demi Agoglia’s death at just 26 after a Brazilian buff lift operation in Turkey, pathologist Dr Usha Chandran, of Salford Royal Foundation Trust, has hit out at such procedures
A doctor who carried out the post-mortem examination of a British mum who had a Brazilian buff lift operation in Turkey has slammed the procedures.
Dr Usha Chandran, a pathologist at Salford Royal Foundation Trust, spoke at Demi Agoglia’s inquest on Wednesday, which heard the 26-year-old mum died following “woeful” aftercare.
The medic said celebrities are giving exposure to such operations, and found Ms Agoglia’s death particularly disturbing. The inquest heard the coroner’s office in Bolton, Greater Manchester, had sent multiple emails to the Turkish hospital and the surgeons involved to obtain statements but had received no response.
And so Dr Chandran had to rule the cause of death as “unascertained” following his post-mortem in January. Speaking at the hearing on Wednesday, he added: “I’m really disturbed by Demi’s death and I feel all these cosmetic procedures are given a lot of importance by celebrities… and are being done in shoddy clinics.”
Harley Street consultant plastic surgeon Dr Omar Tillo also gave evidence, saying it was “completely bizarre” for staff at the Turkish clinic named Comfort Zone Surgery to try to feed Ms Agoglia pieces of cucumber after she collapsed post operation. He said it would seem “almost incredible” the death of a young, physically fit woman was not linked to the BBL operation she underwent.
Ms Agoglia, from Salford, Greater Manchester, died on January 8, just three days after the BBL. The procedure sees fat taken from elsewhere on the body and injected into the hips and buttocks and Ms Agoglia, the hearing was told, was “conscious about the way she looked”.
But the coroner said the treatment she received at Comfort Zone Surgery was “well below the standard expected”. Ruling death as a result of misadventure contributed to by neglect, Bolton Coroner John Pollard said: “I find there was no proper informed consent in this matter, there was no proper pre-operative care and advice, and no proper post-operative care.
“All of this meant the care in total fell well below the standard 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 Health Secretary Wes Streeting, adding: “I do feel something further needs to be done to stop this frankly barbaric medical practice being conducted to such low standards that would certainly not be tolerated in the UK.”
Following the inquest, Ms Agoglia’s sister, Chloe, 23, said: “I just wouldn’t recommend anyone going to Turkey for any possible surgeries, or to research more about it if they are even thinking about it.
“She was so beautiful and just didn’t need any surgery at all. She only went for the sake of her being so down in herself and not feeling good enough.
“Our Dem hasn’t just left her family behind, she’s left the most beautiful little boys. Forever and always in our heart Dem. We really did give this our all. Sleep tight Dem.”
