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A British grandmother left stranded in a Turkish hospital after her brain tumour deteriorated has been warned that complete paralysis is the ‘best case scenario’.
Gill Taylor-Scarth had been on a ‘big family holiday’ in the resort town of Fethiye, Turkey, before falling ill on August 23.
The 56-year-old, from Formby, Merseyside, was diagnosed with a brain tumour in January, just weeks after the tragic death of her husband Kevin.
Despite her diagnosis, Gill was given the green light to go on a two-week holiday to Hirasonu in Turkey in June, which her deceased husband had booked for the family before his death.
Gill’s daughter Sophie Taylor told the Liverpool Echo that her mum had been fine while she was away in June, but had a ‘bad turn’ when she returned home.
The mother-of-three was given medication and cleared ‘fit to fly’ by hospital staff once again, following scans to check everything was ok.
And so, the family jetted off to Turkey on August 15 to enjoy another two weeks in the sun.
A British grandmother left stranded in a Turkish hospital after her brain tumour deteriorated has been warned that complete paralysis is the ‘best case scenario’. Gill Taylor-Scarth (pictured) had been on a ‘big family holiday’ in the resort town of Fethiye, Turkey, before falling ill on August 23
The 56-year-old, from Formby, Merseyside, was diagnosed with a brain tumour just weeks after the tragic death of her husband Kevin. Pictured: Gill with her three daughters and two grandchildren
But, on August 23, Gill started complaining of a headache and was rushed to hospital, where staff said she needed an operation.
Despite having holiday insurance, the family decided it was best for Gill to go to a public hospital and she was transferred to Antalya, three hours from Hisaronu.
Sophie and her older sister, Holly Taylor, 29, both have young children who were with them on the holiday so Rosie, her youngest sister, aged 17, was the only person able to go to the hospital with Gill and is now ‘having to deal with everything there alone.’
‘We’ve been told there is only a slight chance she will survive the surgery if they do it and the best outcome is that she will be completely paralysed because of where the tumour is,’ Sophie told the publication.
‘It’s pushing on her brain stem and she is high risk of dying’.
Sophie says the best outcome would be to get a Medevac and get her mother to The Walton Centre, who have been treating Gill in the UK.
A medevac flight is an air ambulance service that specialises in rapid and safe medical transport across the world.
However, it’s very expensive, costing around £50,000.
Sophie has set up a GoFundMe page to raise money towards the flight, to get Gill back to the UK as soon as possible.
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