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Family fighting to bring B.C. senior home after she fell into a coma in China
The family faces $400,000 air ambulance costs and daily $1,000 ICU fees while raising funds online, reaching nearly 70% of their goal for medical repatriation.
- Lilia Avoutova, 78, from Burnaby, B.C., fell into a coma after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage and stroke two days into a trip to China.
- Due to lack of travel insurance and language barriers, her family faces high medical costs of around $1,000 per day in China's ICU and is struggling to afford bringing her home.
- While transportation options like medical flights cost around $400,000, which is unaffordable, her doctor suggests waiting a few months for safer travel after the bleeding reabsorbs.
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Family fighting to bring B.C. senior home after she fell into a coma in China
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