article_snippet: the father said gastric bypass surgery, which costs £9,000 on the NHS, is the father only hope. '
article_snippet: There's not enough healthy options out there. '
article_snippet: Mark, who has been married to wife Lorraine for 30 years, has twice been denied weight loss surgery so has applied to NHS in Scotland for a third time.
article_snippet: But in the long run, the long run could save NHS funds as NHS funds wouldn't have to treat Mark for diabetes or other health conditions Mark may develop as a result of Mark obesity in the future.
article_snippet: Professor David Kerrigan, a bariatric surgeon who treats both NHS and private patients, agrees that weight loss surgery can be cost effective for NHS.
article_snippet: Marks added: 'If it stops me getting diabetes then it benefits me and diabetes, those costs can then go somewhere else.'
article_snippet: Mark, who has been married to wife Lorraine for 30 years, has twice been denied weight loss surgery so has applied to NHS in Scotland for a third time .
highlights_snippet: Believes he should be given £9,000 operation on the NHS .