Paula Matson's family are calling for Jersey's government to fund treatment.
By Freddie MillerFamily members of a Jersey woman with severe stomach pains are calling on the government to fund treatment abroad.Her family now hope she can be treated in Madeira, the island of her birth, but are unable to cover the costs.
Mrs Matson first started experiencing stomach pains in September 2021 and has since undergone tests, scans and a gall bladder operation in Jersey.But her husband Steven says the family's wait for an appointment date has left them "so frustrated" that they have started searching for alternative treatment options.
Mr Matson said he believed the island's authorities should also establish health arrangements with other countries.They used some of the donations to pay for an assessment at a private hospital in the country. Mr Matson said the family cannot afford to pay treatment costs, which they believe could be thousands of pounds."She's getting more and more poorly and she'll reach a stage that it's not worth carrying on," he said.
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