Australian man's plastic surgery holiday ends tragicallyRNZ A trip to Asia to get a cheap operation that cost a man his life is being held up as a warning to New Zealanders looking for cut-price surgery. Medical tourism should come with a health warning, according to the Australian coroner examining the painful death of a young man who had extreme plastic surgery overseas. When Melbourne man Leigh Thomas Aiple booked in his plastic surgery holiday to Malaysia, he was told that he could expect to be treated at hospitals with "internationally recognised standards". READ MORE:* Plastic surgery tourism to screen on TV despite warnings of medical misadventure* Malaysia courts NZ patients in push for medical tourism* Home and away: Does medical tourism pay? His mother said he felt pressured to leave the army, and shortly before his death received a compensation payout from the ADF, which he used to travel overseas for his plastic surgery.

Source: Stuff December 18, 2017 18:34 UTC