{"id":111674,"date":"2023-10-19T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T11:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/ive-never-felt-pain-like-it-lack-of-support-driving-obese-people-abroad-for-surgery-utv-news\/"},"modified":"2023-10-19T12:00:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T11:00:08","slug":"ive-never-felt-pain-like-it-lack-of-support-driving-obese-people-abroad-for-surgery-utv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/ive-never-felt-pain-like-it-lack-of-support-driving-obese-people-abroad-for-surgery-utv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I&#8217;ve never felt pain like it&#8217;: Lack of support driving obese people abroad for surgery | UTV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/m8kwH29vOw4\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"'I've never felt pain like it': Lack of support driving obese people abroad for surgery | UTV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m8kwH29vOw4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A lack of specialist support at home has led to some obese people travelling thousands of miles for highly risky surgery.<\/p>\n<p>In Northern Ireland, where weight loss treatments are not available on the NHS, the problem is particularly acute.<\/p>\n<p>UTV&#8217;s Health Correspondent Debra McAleese has this report.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lack of specialist support at home has led to some obese people travelling thousands of miles for highly risky surgery. 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