A disabled mum has begged to be allowed home after being ordered to pay £1750 to stay in a quarantine hotel despite being vaccinated for Covid-19.
Karolina Juszczyk, 36, was told to isolate after travelling from Poland, where she received medical treatment.
She has a “complex” illness which involves crippling migraines and saw neurological specialists in her homeland.
But on her return to Scotland eight days ago, she was told to stay at the Hilton by Doubletree hotel near Edinburgh Airport while her family in Alloa wait for her return.
Mum-of-three Karolina, who got her Covid jab in December, said: “The quarantine hotel cost is very high for a family like mine. I’m a carer but off sick at the moment and my husband is a self-employed handyman.
“I’m on benefits due to my disability and can’t afford this cost. I’d never have left Poland if I knew this would happen.
“I need someone to look after me and can’t be on my own. My condition affects my balance and eyesight.”
Karolina travelled to Poland on January 18 and isolated at her family’s home near Wroclaw for 10 days before starting a course of physical therapy and medical treatment.
She has lived in Scotland for 16 years and is a UK citizen. She was told she would need to remain in quarantine for 10 days as rules allow exemptions for people entering Scotland for medical treatments but patients travelling after receiving care abroad are not.
Neurologist Dr Peter Connick has supported her plea to go home to isolate and has written to the Scottish Government and the Home Office.
