A pub owner who suffered five heart attacks on his birthday while holidaying in Greece is “lucky to be alive” but is now bedridden at a hospital in the country weeks later. He will “hopefully be flying home in three days” according to his wife.
Patrick “Patch” Kettleborough, 38, from Bolsover near Chesterfield, has not been able to return to the UK since he suffered two major and three small heart attacks less than a day after arriving in Malia, Crete, on Friday, September 23. Patch’s wife Lisa Kettleborough, 40, said she feared her husband of 18 years would die after he experienced severe chest pains that Saturday morning when they had breakfast with two friends.
The couple, who manage the Blue Bell pub in Bolsover, travelled to Greece as a surprise to celebrate Patch’s 38th birthday, but Lisa said the holiday she planned quickly turned into an “absolutely heart-breaking” situation. Their children Jamie, 15, and Lily, 16, have since travelled to the country to see their father in hospital – but the couple are still stuck in Greece, unable to work, and are calling on the public for financial help.
