The family of a British girl who
died while having cut-price plastic surgery in Thailand have revealed that they
didn't know she had gone abroad.
Joy Williams, 23, from
Thamesmead, was described as a 'caring and funny' girl who was 'loved by
everybody.
She died on October 23 after
travelling to Bangkok to have £2,000 buttock augmentation surgery.
Speaking yesterday from his home
in Lagos, Nigeria, Miss Williams's older brother Anietie, 28, said he had been
looking forward to her visiting him in Nigeria this Christmas.
He said: 'We don't really know
what went wrong, we only know what is in reports in the media.
'She was a very nice and caring
person. 'She brought joy to people's lives.
'She was a beautiful girl, loved
by everybody. We will miss her so much.'
He added that the family were
still making preparations to bring Miss Williams's body home and that his
brother was planning to fly to Thailand and return to London with it.
Miss Williams, who was born in
Lagos Nigeria, settled in Thamesmead with her mother Christie in 2007 and had
been to Thailand twice before choosing to visit for surgery.
She initially visitied to the SP
clinic, which she found on the internet, on October 14 to have the operation
which she hoped would give her a bigger, fuller bottom.
A few days later her wounds
became infected and she returned to have corrective surgery to remove the
silicon implants.
But she was found dead on the
operating table with a three inch-long stitched incision on her tail bone after
medical staff found they were unable to resuscitate her.
Thai officials investigating her
death believe her operation had been delayed to ensure Miss Williams had not
eaten anything beforehand and that as a result the operation began after the
clinic's legal closing time of 7pm.
It is believed Miss Williams had
long struggled with her self-esteem and been bullied at school before choosing
to undergo an operation on her nose to improve her looks.
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