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Welsh Holidaymaker With Spinal Fractures Awaits Specialist Repatriation Flight From Rhodes

Her family has launched a fundraiser that has collected £3,000 toward the uninsured stretcher flight needed for her return to the UK.

Overview

  • Holly Seaford remains immobilised in a back brace at a Rhodes hospital following a fall that fractured four of her vertebrae.
  • Doctors estimate it will be six to eight weeks before she can begin regaining mobility.
  • The local hospital provides good emergency care but lacks nursing support for long-term rehabilitation.
  • Her travel insurance does not cover the specialist stretcher flight with trained medical staff required for her repatriation.
  • A family-run GoFundMe appeal has raised £3,000 toward the costly medical evacuation and ongoing recovery expenses.