A dad who cut his foot on a dream holiday needed part of his leg amputated when he got home after it became infected. Ian Robertson, 69, sliced around two inches of skin off his toe after stepping on uneven tiling in a hotel room in Kos, Greece, last August.
It was only the second night of a stay in the Aegean View Aqua Resort with his wife, Margaret, 53, their three daughters and three granddaughters.
Ian didn't even notice the cut until he saw a pool of blood, and Margret, a critical care support worker, contacted the resort’s 24/7 medical team for help.
But she was shocked to be told her husband would not be seen until Monday morning because it was the weekend, and that nearby Medicare was also closed.
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