Welsh mother battling meningitis coma as family raises £50k fund for evacuation
A North Wales mum is fighting to stay alive in a hospital-induced coma after contracting severe brain infection and subsequent meningitas while waiting at an airport. Jade Bird, aged thirty-three, fell extremely ill before her flight home was cancelled due to the condition requiring immediate medical attention from specialists back on mainland Britain.
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1Jade Bird, a 33-year-old mother of two from north west wales has contracted meningitis while waiting to fly home.
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2She fell extremely poorly in tenerife and was rushed by ambulance where doctors found she suffered brain infection
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3Bird is currently fighting for her life after being placed into an induced coma at the local hospital.
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Jade Bird has fallen into an induced coma while family raises £50k to fund medical evacuation.
— [Mar 16, 21:01] Mum who contracted meningitis after taking ill on Tenerife trip fighting for her life (Irishmirror.ie)Doctors found a brain infection that developed into the fatal condition known as meningitis in Jade Bird at age thirty-three.
— [Mar 16, 20:48] Welsh mum fighting for life after brain infection in Tenerife develops into meningitis (Dailyrecord.co.uk)Jade Bird from North Wales was placed in an induced coma for meningitis after developing severe symptoms at a Tenerife airport while on holiday. Her family is attempting medical evacuation back to the UK via crowdfunding due to costs exceeding £50,000 and lack of funds abroad.
Jade Bird, 33, is fighting for life in a hospital-induced coma after developing severe headaches and earaches at Tenerife airport that led doctors to diagnose an intracranial infection which progressed into meningitis. Her family has raised over £7,500 via GoFundme while seeking medical evacuation home due to the estimated cost exceeding £50,000.
Jade Bird is in an induced coma after contracting severe infections that progressed from headaches and earaches at Tenerife airport into meningitis requiring medical evacuation costing over £50,000. Her family has launched a GoFundme campaign to raise the necessary funds for her treatment since they have only raised more than £7,500 so far.
A North Wales mother in her thirties is being treated and foughting to stay alive with a brain infection identified as meningitis. She contracted the illness while on vacation in Tenerife, where she fell critically ill at an island airport before requiring medical attention back home for life-saving care via fundraising efforts organized by local leaders.