Aussie woman’s $30,000 fight to return home after dream holiday in Bali to celebrate a wedding goes horribly wrong
An Australian woman, Amy Donohue, is facing a AUD $30,000 medical bill after being seriously injured in a scooter accident while attending a friend's wedding in Bali. The bride from the wedding has launched a GoFundMe campaign to help cover the costs of Donohue's emergency evacuation, hospital treatment and eventual return home, describing the situation as an overwhelming financial burden for those close to her.
The fundraiser states that arranging Donohue's care and transport back to Australia is the immediate priority for her family and friends. Donohue, who runs a Gold Coast healing studio called The Healing Cottage and works as a remedial massage therapist, Reiki master and shamanic healer, was known among friends as an enthusiastic traveller who had recently visited Greece and Croatia. Notably, another friend in her circle reportedly suffered a minor scooter accident in Bali earlier in the same month.
- Aussie woman injured in Bali scooter crash faces $30,000 medical bill
- Friends launched a GoFundMe to fund her care and return home
- A friend had a separate, minor Bali scooter accident earlier that month
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Amy Donohue, a remedial massage therapist and healer from the Gold Coast, was seriously hurt in a scooter accident while in Bali for a friend's wedding. Scooters are a common but risky way for tourists to get around the island, and Indonesian medical care for serious injuries can be expensive, with travel insurance not always covering the full cost or complications arising overseas.
The bride from the wedding has since set up a GoFundMe appeal to help meet Donohue's mounting bills, which are reported to total around AUD $30,000, covering emergency evacuation, hospital treatment and the cost of getting her back to Australia. Such crowdfunding campaigns are a common way for families and friends to respond quickly when someone is injured abroad without adequate cover.
Bali is a hugely popular holiday destination for Australians, and stories of tourists facing large medical bills after accidents there are not uncommon, often prompting wider discussion about travel insurance and road safety for visitors.