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Family Reports 'Remarkable' Progress for 21-Year-Old Briton After Thailand Scooter Crash

His family faces mounting hospital bills due to the lack of travel insurance.

Overview

  • Medication has slightly reduced brain swelling and doctors say blood clots have begun turning to fluid, according to his girlfriend’s update.
  • After a tracheotomy, he is breathing without a ventilator, marking a key step in his recovery.
  • He underwent full facial reconstruction with metal plates inserted and his jaw wired shut to support healing.
  • He remains in intensive care and is reported to be in a coma as clinicians caution his condition could still change.
  • With hospitals billing from admission and warning payment is required before any further surgery, a crowdfunding page has raised nearly £40,000 as the driver who struck him brought him to hospital and the British Embassy helped identify him.