A young woman has suffered a broken back after tumbling from a second-floor hotel balcony while vacationing on the Greek island of Rhodes, reports The Mirror.
Holly Seaford had flown to the island for a getaway with her boyfriend last week when she fell from the high balcony during a freak incident in the early hours of Wednesday, July 9.
The 20-year-old, who is from Ystrad Mynach in Wales, sustained fractures to four vertebrae and is now immobilized in hospital, as doctors work to treat her, according to Wales Online, reports The Mirror.
Medical staff have informed her partner Tate Crees, who remains by her side in Rhodes, that it could be two months before Holly is able to move again.
Tate said: “She is lying flat in a hospital bed in a back brace unable to move or walk. Doctors have told us it’ll be at least six to eight weeks before she can start to regain mobility. This is going to be a very difficult process,” reports The Mirror.
Briony, Holly’s sister, said the family is unable to cover the costs of bringing her home to Wales and are now appealing for donations to help fund her medical repatriation.
She said: “She’s in a lot of pain and is bedbound. The last I heard they’d given her paracetamol. They can’t effectively look after her there,” reports The Mirror.
The couple were due to fly back from Rhodes on the day Holly fell from the balcony. Tate said: “Although the medical care in Greece is good, the hospital sadly doesn’t have any nursing support available. This means Holly is without help for even the most basic daily needs, which is having a serious impact on her wellbeing. We are desperate to get her home to the UK where she can receive the professional nursing care and rehabilitation she urgently requires. But medical repatriation is incredibly expensive, especially as the only way Holly can fly home is on a stretcher. She requires a specialist medical flight with trained staff to monitor her throughout the journey and unfortunately this isn’t covered by insurance,” reports The Mirror.
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