![]() ![]() ![]() The family explained that they were now in a “desperate situation” and Mr Paisley got permission to speak to the insurance on Chrissy's behalf and is working with the Foreign Office to see how the family can be supported. ![]() They then contacted me and I got on to the insurance company." "Fourteen years ago he fractured his ankle and that is part of the reason. The insurance company looked at it, said they would do an immediate review, came back and stunned the family by saying no, we have reviewed this and found something in his medical history he should have declared and he didn't declare. "They start to go into some of the costs of that and it was estimated at over £100,000 at this point. "Whenever his family realise he has this insurance they rang the insurance company and said this man has been moved in an emergency situation to hospital, he is in a very critical state, we understand he needs emergency surgery right now and perhaps then obviously a recovery programme and brought back home, a repatriation programme put in place," Mr Paisley told the Nolan Show. Part of the reason was that Chrissy had fractured his ankle 14 years ago but not declared it.Ĭhrissy Faloon (Image: Belfast Live/Family of Chrissy) Mr Paisley said the family made contact with him after being told by Chrissy's insurance company that it had found something in his medical history he should have declared but had not. ![]() Praising his niece Eva, Ricky said the nine-year-old went down to the bottom of the pool and got Chrissy to the surface and managed to turn him so he could breathe. Now he is in a very very serious condition, he is in the emergency and specialist care ward in Faro where I know he is being looked after very well but it was very traumatic to get him to that point." "Then he was helped out of the pool and an ambulance was called. "Not only did he suffer that serious fracture, his body was left lifeless really in the pool and it was only the presence of mind of his little daughter Eva who he had taught how to rescue and revive people, cause he was a lifesaver himself, that she had the presence of mind to turn her daddy over and get him breathing again. He suffered a fracture on his C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 and C7s, so a major back and neck trauma, a serious fracture. "He accidentally, after his lunch, slipped and went into the pool, he was playing with his kids, he slipped and went into the pool and banged his head. Speaking on the Nolan Show on Friday, DUP MP Mr Paisley said: "My constituent Crissy went out with his kids, his two children and his parents to stay in Portugal to enjoy the summer, his brother was also there. The family are also working with their local MP Ian Paisley to get Chrissy the care he needs and ultimately, get him home. Now a fundraiser has been set up by the family to get the money needed to cover Chrissy's operation and repatriation privately. READ MORE: Mum of Irish boy killed in Turkey holiday crash with dad pays tearful tribute - ‘I’m just glad they’re together'īelfast Live reports that his family has been told by the insurance company Chrissy was covered with that they can not cover the expenses due to Chrissy not declaring a broken ankle 14 years ago and other medication. The 37-year-old from Ballymena suffered serious fractures and has major back and neck trauma from the incident on August 6 and needs an operation urgently. A dad from Antrim has been left in a serious condition in Portugal following an accident on holiday.Ĭhrissy Faloon had been on holiday in the Algarve with his children Jamie, 11, and Eva, nine, his parents and his brother Ricky when he banged his head following a slip into a pool. ![]()
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