一名在泰国因感染脑膜炎而陷入昏迷的英国妇女不能回家,因为保险公司拒绝支付其遣返航班的费用。 A British woman in a coma in Thailand after contracting meningitis can't return home because insurers refuse to cover her repatriation flight.

一名71岁的英国妇女Marie Peacock在度假期间感染了细菌性脑膜炎,并陷入脑损伤的昏迷。 A 71-year-old British woman, Marie Peacock, remains critically ill in a Thai hospital after contracting bacterial meningitis during a holiday, falling into a coma with brain damage. 她的承保人维法和巴克莱银行以安全考虑为由,拒绝资助医疗遣返航班, Though recently stabilized and cleared for travel by doctors, her insurers Aviva and Barclays Bank are refusing to fund a medical repatriation flight, citing safety concerns. 她的家人,包括飞往泰国的女儿,坚持要为任何风险承担责任,并急于将她带回联合王国接受第二次医疗意见,认为情况不公正,在感情上具有破坏性。 Her family, including daughters who have flown to Thailand, insists they accept responsibility for any risk and are desperate to bring her back to the UK for a second medical opinion, calling the situation unjust and emotionally devastating.