Essex Chronicle published Former Chelmsford binge eater almost killed by gastric band seven...

THE FIRST British child to have a gastric band fitted seven years ago was rushed to hospital last week after the procedure almost killed him.Emrah Mevsimler, 20, of Burnell Gate, Beaulieu Park, Chelmsford, who had the gastric band fitted in 2007 when he was just 13, was hoping that the surgery would change his life by getting his weight down.But after years of pain and "agony" he was rushed to Broomfield Hospital for an emergency operation because his bowels became dangerously blocked...