Brit mother, 77, is stranded in Kenya with liver failure facing £80,000 medical bills with no insurance after 'keeping blood tests quiet to avoid worrying family' before going away to celebrate husban
Daily MailA mum who kept her blood tests to herself for 'fear of worrying her hubby' is stranded on holiday in Kenya with liver failure - as her insurance won't cover the £80,000 bills. Lee Flint and her husband Jack Flint flew out to Kenya on September 16th to continue their life-long charity work there, as well as to celebrate Jack's cancer-free diagnosis A few weeks after Jack and Lee arrived in the East African country, Lee was found unresponsive in her bed, the couple's son Jamie said The solar engineer has now set up a GoFundMe page to help raise money to fund the estimated £80,000 bill to fly Lee home, plus thousands more to cover her hospital fees. The couple are said to have made a mistake with their insurance form, meaning their bills will not be paid for The family say they do not know if Lee knew the results of her tests or not as she is now unable to speak 'My mum lived in Kenya for five years when she was younger, that is why she has a love for the country', Jamie said 'I was heartbroken and felt completely helpless. 'My mum and dad did the question wrong over the phone or the laptop but my dad had just been really poorly with his chemo, my mum had been exhausted', Jamie said Jamie said: 'All I want is for my mum to come home but the hospital bills are extortionately high' The dad-of-four said what's happened to Lee should be a warning to other travellers when taking out insurance This time, they had arrived with 62 kilos of clothing and reading glasses to give to schools and orphanages.