Entertainment Weekly.Carter explained of the situation: “Matthew was quickly admitted to Toronto Western Hospital where he was put into excellent care and taken out of immediate danger.
Matthew was transferred to a rehabilitation center back home in Omaha today where he will undergo extensive therapy. He is now on a long, difficult road to recovery.”The musician’s team has since set up the GoFundMe fundraiser to aid in paying for his medical bills, which campaign organiser Catherine Lyons estimates could be “close to a quarter of a million dollars.”Catherine Lyons, a member of the Russell Carter Artist Management team in Atlanta, wrote on the campaign page: “The doctors and hospital care in Toronto were instrumental in saving Matthew’s life but health care is not free for Americans in Canada.
He must now be flown back to the States on an ambulance transport plane with medical staff on board, to a specialized rehabilitation center, where he will receive around-the-clock care and therapy for six weeks.
He will then require months of treatment and rehabilitation that we hope will lead to a full recovery.”At the time of publishing, US$282,000 has been raised of the $400,000 target amount.
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