The mates of a mom from the Wirral whose coronary heart stopped when she collapsed at an airport in Turkey are elevating cash to get her again residence.
Friends and household of Melissa Kinsella, from Merseyside, mentioned she is now in a coma and declare the Turkish hospital treating her is charging her almost £2,000 for day-after-day she spends of their care.
She was on her means residence from a household vacation in Turkey when she suffered a seizure and stopped respiration, a GoFundMe web page arrange for her says.
Rebecca Dath, who has arrange the fundraiser, added Ms Kinsella is now in a coma, with the hospital charging £1,800 a day for her care.
Ms Kinsella, who has three kids, didn’t have insurance coverage masking medical care whereas she means away.
Friends are aiming to fund an air ambulance for Ms Kinsella, to get her again to the UK.
Writing on Facebook, Ms Dath mentioned: “Thank you so so a lot everybody, there is not any replace on Missy, however what we do know is an air ambulance to get her again to the UK is £42,000.
“We need her in a UK hospital as soon as she’s well enough… GoFundMe take their fees as well, so I have been asked to raise the… limit to cover an air ambulance and the £1,800 a day in the hospital.
“Please please share and provides what you’ll be able to.”
So far, greater than £36,000 has been raised for Ms Kinsella’s care.
A spokesperson from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) mentioned: “We are supporting the family of a British national who is in hospital in Turkey, and are in contact with local authorities.”
Ms Kinsella’s native MP Angela Eagle mentioned she has been talking to the FCDO and the British consulate in Turkey on the household’s behalf, “to ensure all is being done to help the family get Melissa the best care, and bring her home to the UK as soon as possible”.
It comes a month after a British girl died in Turkey after travelling there for gastric band surgical procedure.
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