A FUNDRAISER has been launched to help a Scots nurse who “maxed out her credit cards” to pay for treatment following a horror fall from a cliff in Thailand.
Kerry Hughes, of Glasgow, had planned to travel the Asian country for four weeks after arriving on January 9.
But disaster struck almost a fortnight into her dream trip when she hired a scooter to drive around the Thai isle of Ko Lanta.
The NHS worker was raced to the local hospital on the island after she plunged 20ft with the vehicle over a cliff face.
The 35-year-old told Glasgow Live how a friend launched the JustGiving page after she missed her flight home due to emergency medical treatment.
She also had to max out her credit cards after her insurance company failed to pay out due to the nature of the vehicle she was driving.
Kerry said: “I was very upset when I found out that the insurance wouldn’t be covering my hospital bills and spoke to the doctor about discharge from hospital.
“I had large lacerations to my face needing sutures, horrendous back pain, a head injury with bleeding to the back of my head, broken nose that needed surgery and a wound in my left knee.
“I was unable to walk unaided but needed to get out of hospital as I had maxed out both my credit cards paying for treatment.”
Her close friend Tammy Hudson, organised the donation drive to help Kerry get home to Scotland and pay off the £15,000 medical bills after her stay in the hospital.
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Kerry have since returned to the UK on January 30 and is recovering well, thanks to the £10,000 raised through the JustGiving page.
She added: “My friend Tammy insisted that a fundraiser would help get me home and could cover at least some of the cost of my treatment.
“She messaged me a few hours later after it had went live and told me to follow the link.
“I was so overwhelmed with the support and messages from my work colleagues, current and previous, that I burst into tears.
“I couldn’t believe so many people were willing to help me, it still makes me emotional.”
To visit the JustGiving page click here
