Fijian woman, 63, is struck down with a crippling disease while on holiday in Sydney to celebrate grandson’s first birthday
- Saraswati Dass flew to Sydney from Fiji for grandson's birthday on January 18
- The 63-year-old diagnosed with pancreatitis with due to stones in gall bladder
- She was in hospital for two weeks and bills reached an eye-watering $100,000
- Family launched a GoFundMe page asking for assistance to pay the hefty bill
A Fijian woman who was struck down with a crippling disease while on holiday in Sydney to celebrate her grandson's first birthday was told she was too sick to go back home.
Saraswati Dass flew to Sydney from Fiji for her grandson's birthday on January 18 when she became seriously ill.
The 63-year-old was diagnosed with pancreatitis with elements of Cholangitis due to stones in her gall bladder.
Doctors also believe she had a heart attack.
Saraswati Dass flew to Sydney from Fiji for her grandson's birthday on January 18 when she became seriously ill
The grandmother remained in hospital for two weeks and hospital costs reached an eye-watering $100,000.
This included anaesthetics, pathology, consultants, surgeons, prosthesis, scans and medicine.
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The family is only covered for $10,000 with their travel insurance because of Ms Dass' age. Her son, Daniel, says he was not aware of this clause when purchasing the insurance.
Daniel, who says he has already sold his car to pay off a chunk of the invoice, has since launched a GoFundMe page requesting help to pay off the bill.
The grandmother remained in hospital for two weeks and hospital costs reached an eye-watering $100,000
The family has so far reached $20,350 of the $55,000 goal
'It is sad times for my family as we never imagined our mum getting sick and/or us having such a large medical bills,' he wrote.
'I thank you in advance for all your contributions (contributions big or small does not matter as it would definitely help reduce A$55,000 cost).'
The family has so far reached $20,350 of the $55,000 goal.
