A holidaying British couple were hoping to surprise their parents with the exciting news of an addition of the family when they returned home. Ms Chloe Wilkinson, 30, a former teaching assistant, had discovered she was pregnant last November when she and her partner, Mr...
Ms Wilkinson and Mr Walsh-Kavanagh are now staying in a shared flat close to SGH. She told the Daily Mail:"Every day I go into the hospital I get a knot in my stomach waiting to hear the update from the intensive care team about Lorcan's progress and condition as he's still in a critical condition.
"We're professional people who work hard, but it's obviously a huge sum and anything anyone can offer to help would be greatly appreciated." The couple left the UK in December 2017 to travel around Asia before working in Victoria, Australia, according to the BBC, and are using the money they saved to remain by their son's side.Ms Wilkinson was rushed to the hospital after experiencing bleeding and cramps on Feb 19, and she started dilating two days later. She was diagnosed with an infection and as her condition worsened over the week, doctors told her it was not safe to prolong the labour.
Mr Walsh-Kavanagh, a former plumber, told the Daily Mail that when he admitted Ms Wilkinson as a patient, he was handed an estimated bill of £140,000, covering the costs of hospitalisation, delivery and intensive care for their son.An SGH spokesman told The New Paper yesterday that the bill quoted was only an estimate, which was communicated to the couple as part of financial counselling for all patients.Ms Wilkinson said:"It's very early still...
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