Aww! 24 Year Old British-Nigerian lady dies after failed buttock enlargement surgery
buttock surgery.
The 24yr old British-Nigerian lady,named Joy
Williams, 24, was from Thamesmead, London. The
young lady's older brother, Anietie, who lives in
Nigeria, said the family didn't even know she'd
traveled to Thailand. Her family were too upset to
comment yesterday but friends described her as a
"bright, caring girl". They said she had struggled with
self-esteem issued and had previously had an operation
on her nose.
The doctor who carried out the latest surgery, Sompob
Sansiri, has been charged with causing her death by
negligence. He is accused of carrying out night-time
surgery without a license.
Miss Williams, who was born in Lagos, Nigeria, had
travelled to Bangkok, the Thai capital, earlier this
month for the £2,000 buttock augmentation operation.
It involves inserting silicone implants into a patient's
buttocks.
Police Colonel Chayut Marayard, the officer leading
the investigation, said she underwent the operation on
October 14, but her wounds became infected.
She was in severe pain and returned to the clinic on
Thursday to have the implants removed but died
shortly after the second operation.
Colonel Chayut said Miss Williams' corrective
surgery had been delayed so the clinic could be sure
she had not eaten anything for several hours prior to
surgery and the operation did not begin until after the
clinic's legal closing time of 7pm.
While in Bangkok, Miss Williams was staying at the
£11 a-night Vabua Asotel hotel, which is used by the
clinic as accommodation for its patients.
Staff at the hotel said she was a quiet resident who had
returned from her first operation in her green surgical
gown.
It was her third visit to Thailand, officials said, but it
is not known if she had surgery when she was there in
May 2011 and October 2012.
She had found the clinic on the internet and contacted
Dr Sompob by email before making her travel plans.
Miss Williams lived with her mother, stepfather and
younger brothers. Another sister now lives in
Germany.
One of Miss Williams' friends, who did not want to be
named, said: "She was a really, really nice girl. She
was very friendly and caring. She was always helping
her mum with her brothers.
"She was a very bright girl and did well at school. She
was a bit shy and quiet and I knew in later years there
was something wrong and upsetting her.
"At school she had been bullied over her appearance
and she went for surgery on her nose and face. Last
time I saw her it was obvious she had had cosmetic
surgery. She was fine before, she didn't need to. She
was fine the way she was but she just wasn't happy.
She had no self esteem and I guess she felt she needed
to do it. She was just never happy with herself."
Another former schoolfriend, who also asked not to be
named, was in tears when she heard the news.
"I'm in total shock," she said. "I just can't believe it.
Not Joy. Not her. She was lovely, she was my friend."
The clinic in Thailand has since closed. Dr Sompob
could face ten years in jail if convicted. According to
the police he has insisted he has not broken any laws or
deviated from normal surgical procedures.
He has received mixed reviews on the Trip Advisor
website, with one former patient claiming he had left
her "severely disfigured". However another wrote: "I
got the result I wanted… It's just not a 5 star
experience".
Detectives are waiting for the results of a post-mortem
examination before deciding medical negligence was a
factor.
Colonel Chayut said he was saddened by Miss
Williams' death. "Plastic surgery is not necessary and
those who have it feel they are missing something and
want to add it," he said
Dr Sompob declined to comment.
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