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Bidding Room’s Jo Roberts Recovering After Hip Replacement Following Woodland Fall

She is urging walkers to carry a charged phone with a precise location app.

Overview

  • Jo Roberts, 73, fell in woods near Kenilworth when her one-year-old puppy pulled on an extendable lead.
  • Without her phone, she lay unable to move for more than an hour until another dog walker discovered her.
  • Paramedics had difficulty locating her, administered morphine at the scene, and evacuated her on a stretcher.
  • She underwent a three-hour hip replacement at Warwick Hospital’s Greville ward and was discharged after about a week.
  • Now recovering at home, she praises her care and advocates installing what3words and keeping a phone charged for outdoor trips.