A 15-year-old British girl is fighting for her life in a coma after she fell from a Majorca balcony on the second day of her first ever trip abroad.
The teenager, who has not yet been identified, was placed in the coma after her fall in S’illot on the east of the island last Tuesday.
The Sun reported that she was trying to climb from one balcony to another when she misstepped and fell from the first floor of her hotel, suffering severe head injuries.
According to a JustGiving page set up by family friend Erica Arnold, she was stabilised at the scene by paramedics, before being taken by by ambulance to Son Espases Hospital, in Palma, where she ‘is expected to remain for eight weeks until she is well enough to be flown back to the U.K.’
Erica told the Sun that the girl is ‘still in critical condition in intensive care but the good news is that doctors have removed her breathing tube and she is breathing on her own.
‘She is such a lovely girl, everyone who knows her loves her. If anyone can fight and get through this it is [her].’
She added on the JustGiving page, which has raised just over £7,000 out of the target of £20,000 at time of publication: ‘At present, she is critical, on life support and in an induced coma.
‘She has had two brain surgeries and will need two more, spinal surgery and other surgery. Once back in the U.K, she will need further medical intervention.
‘The girl’s parents desperately need accessible accommodation to commute to the hospital.
‘As you can imagine, this is somewhere the family has never travelled to before; everything is new and confusing, and there is tremendous worry about their daughter.
‘The language barrier makes the simplest of things difficult, especially as all their time and thoughts are currently with their daughter. They also have limited finances. This was their first family holiday abroad; they saved a long time.
‘However, they don’t have any additional funds, and they were only supposed to be away for one week. Unfortunately, the family did not take out any holiday insurance due to being new to foreign travel.
‘This young lady is loved by so many; she’s always smiling and fun and is a brilliant horse rider with her whole life ahead of her.’