Please help bring sick dad home for treatment
56-year-old hospitalised in Philipines needs transplant
THE family of a Rochdale dad stuck in the Philippines and urgently in need of medical attention have issued a desperate appeal to bring him home.
Reece Jones, 26, says father Nicholas was rushed to hospital with liver cirrhosis while on holiday in Calapan.
He says the 56-year-old has been placed on a ventilating incubator for breathing and oxygen, but his condition is ‘deteriorating’, and he desperately needs to return to the UK for a liver transplant.
Nicholas’ care in the Philippines is costing the family nearly £500 per day, and they estimate they have racked up a bill of about £8,000 over several weeks.
They are pleading to the public to help them fund his treatment and travel home, saying the longer he stays abroad, the ‘worse’ his situation gets.
Reece flew out with partner Ella and son Jonny when Nicholas was admitted to hospital.
He said he ‘cannot put into back to the UK to receive proper medical treatment and undergo the only surgery that will save him; a liver transplant.
“He doesn’t have long left at all we are in desperate need of help!”
On the Gofundme, Ella wrote: “My partner’s dad is currently stuck in a Philippine hospital with liver cirrhosis and is needing urgent medical treatment for survival.
“We have managed to get over here to be with him and communicate with doctors over here for treatment.
“As you can imagine the private medical bills for a foreigner are really expensive but these treatments are vital to save his life.
“A liver transplant is going to be the only way he will survive.
“My partner has already lost his mum and has nobody else other than his dad.
“Please please if anybody can help and spare anything or share the go fund me to raise some money to help us pay these bills or potentially pay to privately get him home we would be so so grateful.”
A THIRD teenager has been charged after the Rochdale Cenotaph was daubed with the words
‘Free Palestine’.
The teen, who cannot be named for legal reasons has been charged with racially aggravated criminal damage and theft. It comes after the memorial in Rochdale town centre, was sprayed with the words on Tuesday, November 7.
Last week, one boy was charged with racially aggravated criminal damage.
A second boy was also charged with racially aggravated criminal damage and theft.
Detective Chief Inspector Stuart Round said: “I want to reassure the public that we take incidents like this extremely seriously and we have been working hard alongside local partners.
“Criminal damage towards Cenotaphs will not be tolerated in Greater Manchester and we will be robust in bringing those responsible to justice.
“We are still appealing for information about these events and ask that reports be made by contacting 101 quoting incident 1294 of 07/11/23. Anonymous reports can be made via the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.”