A MUM who had a heart attack while on holiday abroad has been threatened with arrest if she does not pay £22,000 in medical bills.
Collette Robinson, 58, was on a break in Morroco when she was taken ill by her hotel pool.
Collette, with son Jack Gilder, forgot to update her travel insurance after a previous heart attack – leaving her to foot the medical bill[/caption]
The mum of four was taken to a Marrakesh hospital, where doctors discovered she had had a heart attack and fitted her with a stent.
Former pub landlady Collette is still in the Clinique Averroès hospital a week later and needs to raise £22,000 to pay her bills.
Her son, Jack Gilder, said: “I’ve compared prices in Morocco and no one pays that much.
“She keeps having the threats of getting arrested.
“I have been in tears this whole time, normally you can fix things but I can’t fix this one.”
Jack said that Collette, of Manchester, forgot to update her travel cover after a previous heart attack — which meant she was not insured.
He said: “Her health is on the mend – I mean she’s not exactly going to run a marathon soon.
“But now it’s the mental side of things because they just want to let her home.
“She used to travel quite a lot and she has a travel insurance policy where she has always got cover.
“But she had a heart attack in September 2024 and I don’t know why, but she didn’t put that on.
“My mum just wanted to go on holiday – she didn’t even think about it.”
You can donate to the fundraising page here: www.gofundme.com/f/please-help-me-get-my-mum-home-from-morocco
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Collette and Jack have launched a fundraising page to help raise the cash to pay the medical bills – allowing the former pub landlady to return home[/caption]
