Posted in News London woman, 33, nearly killed by £4.5k gastric balloon that got ‘stuck’ in her bowel August 30, 2024 Alaina Shaw, 33, from London paid £4,500 for weight loss surgery in a private hospital and was left fighting for her life after suffering a complication that left a gastric balloon stuck in her bowel. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13796243/weight-loss-surgery-gone-wrong-gastric-balloon.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490