Overview
- John Kearney, 64, from Birkenhead, died after life support was withdrawn around October 13 following a severe head injury in İçmeler, Marmaris.
- He fell from a rented scooter on September 30 and spent nearly two weeks in a Marmaris hospital, with doctors citing insufficient blood flow to his brain.
- Family accounts say clinicians warned early on that he was unlikely to wake and could be declared brain dead, leading to the decision to switch off the machine.
- His daughter alleges Turkish doctors pressured the family by linking continued life support to agreeing to donate a kidney, a claim reported in UK media with no official hospital response.
- A GoFundMe has been launched to repatriate his body, and the family says no helmet was provided with the rental scooter, reflecting low helmet use they observed in the resort.