A mum who ended up in hospital after her five-star holiday is still suffering more than two months on.
Samantha Broadbent decided to jet off to a five-star resort in the Dominican Republic as a treat for her son Ben who was finishing primary school. Having booked through TUI, she said she was "really looking forward to it".
But before catching a plane back to Manchester, she began to feel unwell, experiencing stomach cramps, vomiting and diarrhoea. Upon her return to the UK, the 49-year-old started to get worse and was treated in hospital for a bacterial infection, shigella, TeesideLive reports.