THE family of a man who is in a medically-induced coma in Benidorm after allegedly being punched is looking for help to bring him back home.

Andrew Frazer, 42, from Sutton, St Helens, booked last-minute to go on the trip to Spain on Wednesday, November 13 for his brother Ian’s birthday and did not get travel insurance.

In the early hours of the following morning, at around 1.30am, Andrew was taken to hospital with a bleed on the brain after allegedly being punched before falling and hitting his head.

Andrew works often in Warrington and has family in the town.

His niece Jessica Owen said: “The first hospital found out he had no insurance [and] put seven staples in the back of his head - no scans were taken - and sent him on his way.

“All he did was sleep at the hotel. By Friday his brother Ian was really concerned about him so he rang an ambulance to take him to another hospital.

"This hospital scanned him [which Ian had to pay for] and it showed a bleed on the brain.

“He was then transferred to the general hospital where he has been ever since on a hydration drip and painkillers. The hospital said they were waiting to see if his body absorbed the bleed.

“He was scanned yesterday as he still cannot talk or walk; the bleed was found to be much worse and he was taken for a craniotomy, with them saying that if they didn’t do the surgery when they did he would have died.

“Andrew is now in a coma on life support. His fiancee Carrie, my auntie, flew out as soon as she knew he was in hospital with my mum Claire.

“We need to raise enough funds to cover medical costs, accommodation costs over there and their household bills over here as they are both now not working.”

Family's appeal

Speaking to the Star she added: “It makes you so grateful for the NHS because the cost already is so much, we’ve learned today that it’s going to cost £26,000 alone for a mediplane for him to come home on and without this he will be over there with no chance of returning before Christmas and that’s if he recovered.

“He only got engaged to my aunty earlier this month, it’s just horrible.”

A fundraising page has been set up to raise funds for Andrew, to donate go to gofund.me/5f3f1e45