Katriona White, 54, has been left unable to walk after a mystery medical episode which ended with her in hospital in the UAE
A couple have spoken of their upset after becoming 'stranded' in Dubai amid a row over medical bills they say total more than £11,000. Katriona White, 54, fell seriously ill - leaving her unable to walk - after she and her husband Mick, 54, travelled to the United Arab Emirates from India where he had been working as a football coach.
The couple's ordeal began shortly after the pair landed in Dubai from India, where Mick had been working as a football coach, on April 20. "After two or three days, she said she wasn't feeling very well when she was in the shower. She said she felt frozen up. All her hands had spasmed up," said Mick.Katriona was taken to a hospital in Dubai.
"I was just in shock, panicking. They said as of now I wasn't insured and I asked 'for the whole bill?', and they said 'yes'. As far as the hospital was concerned because I couldn't pay the bill they were kicking us out," said Yorkshireman Mick, formerly of Stockport and who spent two years coaching at Bolton Wanderers Football Club.
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