The 31-year-old Swede, named only as Christina by Sveriges Television's (SVT) Uppdrag Granskning investigative news programme, decided to head to Poland to have the operation to increase the size of her breasts ahead of her planned wedding.

Christina contacted Trelleborg-based company Medica Travel, a medical tourism firm that advertises itself as "an alternative to Swedish health care," in order to arrange the formalities.

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