Hotel manager, 23, left fighting for her life with rare kidney infection following 'dream holiday' at five-star Egyptian resort, which she claims had issues with hygiene
- Nicola Collings was left critically ill following a holiday to Sharm el Sheikh
- Hours after returning to UK she was diagnosed with a rare kidney infection
- Has now hired lawyers to probe the five-star Siva Sharm Resort & Spa
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hotel manager was left battling for her life after contracting a rare
kidney infection just hours after a 'dream holiday' at a luxury resort
in Eqypt.
Nicola
Collings was left critically ill and in need of emergency dialysis and
blood transfusions following a summer trip to Sharm el Sheikh.
The
23-year-old was rushed to hospital just hours after returning to the UK
from the five star Siva Sharm Resort & Spa in August last year.
Twenty
three year old Nicola Collings was left critically ill and in need of
emergency kidney dialysis following 'dream holiday' to five-star
Egyptian resort
She
had her appendix removed because medics wrongly suspected appendicitis
but blood tests later revealed she had contracted e-coli.
Nicola
was also suffering from HUS (Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome) and TTP
(Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura) causing her blood to fail and her
kidney function to plummet
Upon returning home to the UK last
summer, blood tests revealed that she had contracted e-coli and was also
suffering from a rare kidney infection
Nicola was in Birmingham's Heartlands Hospital for two weeks and needed to take two months off work to recover
Nicola
was in Birmingham's Heartlands Hospital for two weeks and needed to
take two months off from work to recover from her illness.
She has now instructed medical negligence lawyers to investigate the five-star hotel and travel company, Red Sea Holidays Ltd.
Nicola claims the pool area was dirty with murky water and that the food was served lukewarm and with dirty cutlery.
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