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.