The NHS in Cornwall is offering keyhole weight-loss surgery for the first time.
The service will enable patients who are severely obese and unable to lose weight to be referred for gastric band and stomach bypass surgery.
The procedures will be carried out the Royal Cornwall Hospital. Previously patients had to travel to Taunton in Somerset for operations.
The bariatric unit's leader, Ian Finlay, said it was expected to perform 100 operations in the first year.
Prospective patients will all be assessed at the hospital's Weight Management Clinic before being referred for surgery.
They will have to fulfil rigorous criteria, generally have body mass index of more than 40, or have complicating health issues, such as Type 2 diabetes.
Consultant surgeon Mr Finlay said: "This is not cosmetic surgery, this is surgery to actually make people fitter from a medical point of view and to get rid of care, mobility and other potential problems in the future.
"For example, Type 2 diabetics may find that their condition markedly improves or is cured by this operation, thereby preventing problems such as heart disease, etc, in later life."
source: bbc.co.uk
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