People who flew overseas at the height of the pandemic s returned to Ireland with complications following their procedures, a study has revealed. The author of the story was Dr Marlese Dempsey who spoke to Newstalk breakfast this morning and following up on that Andrea spoke to broadcaster from Today FM Jessica Maciel who recently returned from surgery abroad, Professor Helen Heneghan a consultant Bariatric surgeon at St Vincent's Hospital Dublin and Founder of Health Store Turkey Nihal which helps people in Ireland go to Turkey for weight loss procedures.

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