by Benson Agoha | Public Appeal
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| * NHS Doctor, Dr Sebastian Kola-Bankole was hit by a lorry as he crossed the road in the US. He is critical and needs your help. |
Donations from 4,375 kind-hearted individuals have raised £123,176 of the £250,000 needed to bring an NHS doctor lying critical in a Las Vegas Hospital for treatment.
Dr Sebastian Kola-Bankole, from Camden, UK was hit and knocked down by a lorry in the US where he is currently fighting for his life.
According to online accounts of the incident, he was crossing a road off the Sunset Strip on February 15.
The 35-year-old doctor, from the Royal London Hospital, had flown out to Los Angeles before the accident for a friend’s wedding.
But his family, who have travelled out to be at his bedside, cannot find a record of him taking out travel insurance so they are faced with paying for his mounting medical bills.
They have launched a £250,000 appeal, at "GOFUNDME" for treatment and to bring him home to the UK.
According to online accounts of the incident, he was crossing a road off the Sunset Strip on February 15.
The 35-year-old doctor, from the Royal London Hospital, had flown out to Los Angeles before the accident for a friend’s wedding.
But his family, who have travelled out to be at his bedside, cannot find a record of him taking out travel insurance so they are faced with paying for his mounting medical bills.
They have launched a £250,000 appeal, at "GOFUNDME" for treatment and to bring him home to the UK.
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| * Dr Kola-Bankole is a specialist in infectious diseases at the Royal London Hospital. |
Dr Kola-Bankole, who specialises in infectious diseases, has three broken vertebrae in his neck and has already had emergency operations to his spine, ears and arteries.
He is in an induced coma in intensive care at the Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas and it will be at least two weeks before he is stable enough to be repatriated.
The cost of the treatment and of bringing him back to the UK on a specialist medical flight is estimated to be £250,000.
Generous donnors have responded quickly, raising £123.176 so far in just two days. But this amount is still just about half of the money needed.
His close friend, Dr Pawandeep Sarai told Standard that: "He is still in a critical condition. We are all doing everything we can for Seb to get him the treatment he needs and back to the UK. His family are obviously devastated by what has happened."
"Seb is just the most selfless, giving person, everyone who has met him will know what a huge personality he has."
He is in an induced coma in intensive care at the Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas and it will be at least two weeks before he is stable enough to be repatriated.
The cost of the treatment and of bringing him back to the UK on a specialist medical flight is estimated to be £250,000.
Generous donnors have responded quickly, raising £123.176 so far in just two days. But this amount is still just about half of the money needed.
His close friend, Dr Pawandeep Sarai told Standard that: "He is still in a critical condition. We are all doing everything we can for Seb to get him the treatment he needs and back to the UK. His family are obviously devastated by what has happened."
"Seb is just the most selfless, giving person, everyone who has met him will know what a huge personality he has."
"He volunteers for charities, he is always giving to others. He’s a very dear friend and a very caring doctor and he needs our help to get home."
Dr Sarai went on "Seb is usually incredibly organised, but we can’t find any insurance for this trip... we’ve been on his email and looked in his flat. We are working on the assumption there is no insurance."
Nigerian-born Dr Kola-Bankole graduated from University College London in 2008 and was based until recently in the infectious diseases department at the Royal London, but had taken time off for the US trip.
To donate to the fund please click here >> [ GOFUNDME APPEAL ].
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