A Celtic-daft Scots dad who was left fighting for his life after an unprovoked street attack three years ago is still unable to talk after suffering a major brain injury. Kevin Hammond’s family are fundraising for a stem cell therapy treatment in Switzerland which doctors believe may help improve the 54-year-old’s quality of life.
The ‘happy-go-lucky’ engineer was left at death’s door after being set upon by a stranger outside The Braes pub in Rutherglen on December 8, 2019. The father-of-two, from Castlemilk, was forced to have part of his skull removed to relieve the pressure on his brain while his family were asked if they wanted his last rites read at his bedside as medics feared he wouldn't survive.
He was placed into a coma and spent several weeks in intensive care before being moved to a high dependency unit at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. Kevin, who has supported the Hoops his entire life, went on to spend almost 12 months at the specialist Graham Anderson House in Springburn where he underwent intensive speech and physiotherapy.
