Overview
- Ceri Ball, from Newport, South Wales, choked while dining with her husband in Peñíscola and died the next day despite intensive hospital care.
- Waitstaff attempted the Heimlich manoeuvre before paramedics arrived within minutes; the blockage was cleared about 20 minutes later and she was placed on life support at Hospital Comarcal de Vinaròs.
- Family accounts say prolonged oxygen deprivation caused irreversible brain damage, and she was pronounced dead at the hospital as her daughters traveled to Spain.
- The Repatriation Services Trust is assisting with the costs and logistics to bring her home, according to relatives.
- Her daughter, Lisa Lisseman, has launched a GoFundMe seeking £2,000 to support the charity and help with repatriation, as the family pays tribute to their “glue.”