A flight from Edinburgh to Tenerife quickly turned into a "riot" due to a stag party drinking their own booze, shouting, swearing and even vaping onboard.
16.04.2023 - 09:31 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A Scots family's holiday to Tenerife turned into a living 'nightmare' after a grandmother fractured her shoulder and spine while unpacking.
May Drysdale, 75, from Midlothian jetted off to the Canary Islands on April 7 with her daughter Debbie, 37, and six-year-old granddaughter Katie as a celebration after she beat breast cancer, reports Edinburgh Live.
However soon after they arrived at their all inclusive resort things took a turn for the worse when May slipped and fell as she unpacked her suitcase.
Debbie explained how she was getting her daughter's swim suit on when she heard a loud thud followed by screams from her mum. She raced through to see what had happened and found her mum lying on the floor badly injured.
Debbie raised the alarm and a member of staff at the hotel called a doctor. When he arrived he immediately called for an ambulance to get May to hospital.
May had fractured her spine and shoulder and has spent the last week in hospital but she also developed an infection and was taken into intensive care. Nurse practitioner Debbie has had to phone the consulate and her travel agent, Jet2, and try to work out where she stands with her insurance company.
Her friend Sheena set up a GoFundMe page to help with the costs while Debbie and her daughter stayed in Tenerife to be with her mum.
Debbie said: "My mum had chemotherapy last year for breast cancer and had two major operations. The first one didn't work and they managed to get the cancer out during the second.
"The doctor back home gave her the all-clear to go on holiday and enjoy herself. We booked it for the Easter holidays so my daughter wasn't disrupted from school. Everything was going so well. We got through the airport and security quickly and landed
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