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
Published: 17:44 GMT, 25 June 2015 | Updated: 22:24 GMT, 25 June 2015
A 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 following 'dream holiday' to five-star Egyptian resort.
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Upon her return to the UK, she was hospitalised for two months with kidney infections, which required emergency dialysis.
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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
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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
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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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