Brit, 20, breaks her back after fall from hotel balcony on Greek island… docs say it'll be 2 MONTHS before she can move
HOLIDAY NIGHTMARE Brit, 20, breaks her back after fall from hotel balcony on Greek island… docs say it'll be 2 MONTHS before she can move
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A YOUNG Welsh woman is in hospital after falling from a second-floor hotel balcony and breaking her back.
The nightmare incident happened on the popular holiday island of Rhodes in Greece.
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She suffered fractured four vertebrae and remains in hospital
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Holly had been on holiday with her partner when the accident happened
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Holly Seaford, 20, had been on holiday with her partner when the accident happened on Wednesday, July 9 in the early hours.
She suffered fractured four vertebrae and remains in hospital while she recovers, Wales Online has reported.
But doctors have told her partner Tate Crees that Holly may have to wait as long as two months before she can walk 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."
Holly and Tate had been due to fly back from holiday on the day the of the incident.
But Holly's sister Briony has said the family can't afford to get her back home by themselves.
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."
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A GoFundMe page has been set up to help bring Holly back home for further medical attention.
Tate added: "Medical repatriation is incredibly expensive — especially as the only way Holly can fly home is on a stretcher.
"Requiring, a specialist medical flight with trained staff to monitor her throughout the journey.
"Unfortunately, this is not covered by insurance."
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Daytime, Anthony Quinn Bay, Kallithea, Rhodes, Greece
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Famous tourist attraction – Acropolis of Lindos
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It comes after a 22-year-old Brit holidaymaker was injured after falling off a boat in Magaluf.
He is said to have been drinking on the rented boat before falling and cutting himself.
The Brit was taken to Son Espases Hospital in the Majorcan capital Palma.
Elsewhere, another Brit tourist died from severe head injuries after falling from a window in the Netherlands.
Ben Roberts, 24, suffered a fractured skull when he fell
His mother Kerry said: "I can't describe our loss, we are heartbroken.
"As Ben's mum, part of me died the day he did."
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