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Daily Mirror
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Charlie Jones

Parents consider £51k Turkey flight home for premature baby after rising medical bills

A mum and dad stranded in Turkey are seriously considering paying £51,000 for an emergency flight home - as it may end up saving them money in the long-term, with their premature newborn racking up eye-watering bills in a foreign hospital.

Louise Crawshaw-Bowen, 37, and her husband Stephen, 27, said they faced staggering hospital bills to care for son Wolfe after he was born prematurely abroad.

Rather than waiting for their newborn to be discharged, the parents said they're seriously thinking about shelling out £51,000 for a medical flight home.

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