British woman is left stranded in Greek hospital with £10,000 medical bill after breaking her back in plunge from hotel balcony while celebrating 30th birthday
Denby McLaren, 30, from South Lanarkshire, was injured after falling from a third-floor hotel balcony while on holiday in Greece with her mother for her birthday. She broke a vertebra and several bones in her foot, and remains in hospital as her family try to arrange her return to Scotland.
Her partner, Craig Anderson, says she needs a medically assisted air ambulance journey on a stretcher. He has launched a fundraiser to help pay her £10,000 medical bill and repatriation costs; it had received more than £11,000 in donations at the time of writing.
- Denby McLaren was injured in a fall from a hotel balcony in Greece.
- She needs specialist air ambulance repatriation to Scotland.
- A fundraiser had raised more than £11,000 towards bills and travel.
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Denby McLaren from South Lanarkshire fell from a third-floor hotel balcony in Greece whilst celebrating her 30th birthday with her mother. The fall left her with serious injuries including a broken vertebra and several fractures in her foot.
McLaren remains hospitalised in Greece and requires specialist medical support to travel back to Scotland. Her recovery will need a medically assisted air ambulance journey on a stretcher, which carries substantial additional costs.
Her accident has resulted in medical bills and transport costs that her family cannot easily cover alone. Her partner has launched a public fundraiser to help pay for these expenses.