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picture copyright Lesley McLeod picture caption Maysie McLeod spent her ninetieth birthday in a Greek health center a girl who went on holiday for her 90th birthday has been left stranded, in pain and upset, when her insurers failed to convey her domestic after a fall.
Maysie McLeod turned into staying at her family break domestic on the Greek island of Lesbos when she broke her hip.
She has now been in medical institution for greater than two weeks, and remains fighting along with her assurance business to bring her domestic to Aberdeenshire.
Her daughter says insurers Free Spirit were intricate to contact.
Lesley McLeod has remained at her mother's bedside and has been making an attempt to arrange for the insurers to have her mother flown home beneath her insurance - both by way of air ambulance or inner most jet.
The pensioner isn't neatly satisfactory to commute home on the assorted business flights it might take for her to attain her Bridge of Don domestic from Lesbos, in line with her medical doctors in Greece.
Ms McLeod Jnr arranged the break to have a good time her mum's massive birthday on 4 may additionally, but she spent it distressed and puzzled in a Greek sanatorium.
graphic copyright Lesley McLeodMs McLeod Snr "misplaced her footing" and broke her hip on 27 April.
After emergency surgery to have pins inserted her family hoped to arrange transport lower back to the uk.
despite the fact, Ms McLeod Snr need to be transported via stretcher and her family unit say the coverage company are "dragging their ft" to prevent paying out for the expensive commute domestic - regardless of the £10m insurance the complete coverage, which charge greater than £200, provided.
After greater than a fortnight in medical institution the pensioner - who is registered blind - has developed mattress sores and is suffering persistent hallucinations because of medicine, shock and ache.
The company, whose slogan is "as a result of fitness cannot preserve you down", claims on its website to be the first insurance cover to chiefly cater for people that have been refused through different suppliers as a result of their fitness, disability or age.
Ms McLeod J nr has taken special depart from work to stay by way of her mom's bedside in Greece unless preparations can be made to convey her mother home.
'An unimaginable nightmare'Lesley told the BBC Scotland information site: "They appear to be making an attempt to locate the least expensive way to get us home regardless of saying that money isn't the object.
"as far as we are able to tell they don't do the rest about Mum's case except we perpetually chase them up.
"All i will do is take a seat and watch my mom endure - it be heartbreaking.
"She is puzzled sad and in ache at the moment. She should get domestic, but will ought to trip by using stretcher.
"unless the insurance business ship an air ambulance then the only method they get domestic could be a charter flight.
"otherwise we might must take a few [commercial] flights to get returned to Scotland, which she is not neatly sufficient to do.
"Her health is deteriorating - she is anxious a nd desires domestic. it's horrible; or not it's heartbreaking to monitor your mother crying and not figuring out where she is.
"This was meant to be something special for her and it's grew to become into an unimaginable nightmare."
BBC Scotland has approached Free Spirit for remark.
graphic copyright Lesley McLeod