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Zahra Khaliq

Brit, 25, stuck in coma in Spain as family desperately try to bring her home

The "devastated" family of a British woman who fell into a coma while holidaying in Spain have launched a fundraiser to bring her home.

Tionne Cherae, 25, was rushed to hospital in an air ambulance following an incident while on holiday in Girona, Spain.

The former mental health charity worker from Reading, Berkshire, and her partner were due to fly home the day of the accident.

When she arrived at the nearby Josep Trueta hospital in the early hours of Saturday, September 24, she was immediately put into an induced coma.

The family are now expecting her treatment to cost upwards of £20,000.

Ms Cherae's mum, Tracey Slater, 47, has flown to Spain to be with her daughter while raising money for her treatment and an air ambulance to bring her home.

She said: "We are absolutely devastated. We're looking at £10,000 upwards for the air ambulance, and we have no idea how much the hospital fees are going to be.

The family are expecting her treatment to cost upwards of £20,000 (Tracey Slade / SWNS)

"Everyone's been so supportive, the fundraiser has been shared absolutely everywhere but we just don't know how much we're looking at.

"I'm so grateful at the amount of love she has for her - she just needs to wake up and see it.

"It's scary and horrible, it's your worst nightmare - who has that kind of money lying around?

"We're not a rich family and everyone's struggling with money at the moment."

The doctors took Ms Cherae out of the induced coma on Monday, September 26, but she remains unconscious.

Previous scans show numerous broken bones and fractures, but no signs of brain damage.

Ms Cherae’s family wish to get her back to the UK as soon as she gets the green-light to fly.

Her mother, also from Reading said: "Her heart rate and blood pressure look good, but the doctor said it could still be terminal.

"The language barrier is hit and miss, one minute it seems like it's positive, but then it all changes - it's all over the place.

"Even the forms are hard to do in Spanish, it's just adding on top of the stress."

The family’s fundraiser has already raised over £19,000 for Tionne's life-saving treatment, but relatives are concerned it will cost much more.

Ms Slater said: "At the moment we're having to do it all off of credit cards, but they have a limit.

"I have literally nothing until I get paid, and they've done so much to her already I dread to think how much it will be.

"All I can say is please, please hug your loved ones tighter tonight - you never know what's going to happen."

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