22 Jan 2018

Weighing up gastric bypass

From The Panel, 4:54 pm on 22 January 2018

Former deputy Prime Minister Paula Bennett has revealed she's had gastric bypass surgery. She's now recovering well but the news has ignited the conversation about how effective the surgery is for those strugglign with thier weight and whether it should be publicly funded. We ask the panelists what they think and Bernard Hickey tells us his experience with the operation.