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An Australian caretaker is fighting for his life after falling from the roof of a four-story building while on vacation in South Korea.
Angus Catt, 26, from Melbourne, was visiting Seoul with his brother Will Catt when the tragedy struck on January 22. It is not clear what caused his fall.
The ‘larger than life’ carer, who works with disabled people, was knocked unconscious. He was later incubated with multiple injuries to his chest and brain and suffered two cardiac arrests on his way to the hospital.
His family are now facing a medical bill of over $410.00 and they fear that without further intensive and specialist treatment it is unlikely he will return to Australia.
Angus Catt, 26, from Melbourne, was visiting Seoul with his brother Will Catt when the tragedy struck on January 22.
The ‘larger than life’ carer, who works with disabled people, was knocked unconscious by his fall. He was later incubated with multiple chest and brain injuries and suffered two cardiac arrests on the way to the hospital.
The cost of his bed alone in the ICU at Severance Hospital in Seoul is $2,000 per day.
His family hopes he will be stable enough by February 9 to be flown back to Australia by air ambulance at a cost of $260,000.
His hospital bills are expected to be $150,000, but will increase if he is kept there longer.
His insurance company’s position, Alliance, will not accept any liability or help with emergency repatriation or medical costs due to a loophole he was unaware of, his crowdfunder says.
“Angus is a larger than life, funny and cheeky character who has touched so many hearts with his beautiful energy,” his fundraising readings.
“He has always lived life to the fullest and has brought many with him on his journey.
He has a fractured vertebra and ribs, but the extent of the fractures cannot be determined until he is stable.
His lungs are getting better, but they’re still compromised. As a result of the fall, Angus now faces extremely high medical costs.
His family is now facing a medical bill of over $410.00 [AUD]and fear without further intensive and specialist treatment it is unlikely that I will return to Australia
His family hopes he will be stable enough by February 9 to be flown back to Australia by air ambulance at a cost of $260,000.
‘Bed and medication costs alone are over $2000 a day; despite this, it is vital to keep him here until he is in a condition where the journey will no longer compromise him.’
His family hopes to raise funds to pay his medical bill, with more than $200,000 already donated.
Angus’s mother, Sally Catt, said her son was an “infectious” character, loved his work with the NDIS and “exudes joy”.
Multiple family members and close friends, including her father Jim Catt, brother Will, and mother Sally, are now in Seoul.
Due to Covid restrictions Angus can only have one visitor for a maximum of 15 minutes a day.
He was able to move his mouth and had slight eye movement after a visit from his father this week.
“He was moving his hand in response to Jim’s hand, much more than we expected,” Sally wrote in an update on the crowdfunding page.
Angus (pictured with friends in Sydney) was able to move his mouth and had slight eye movement after a visit from his father this week.
“It was 6pm on Sunday when Will called us, concerned that Angus hadn’t made it home after running off with some new friends the night before,” Sally explained.
‘At 6:30 pm I received the call from the embassy that they had found it.
“The news was grim: a fall from 4 stories, unconscious, intubated, with multiple injuries, 2 cardiac arrests and 2 CPR on the way to hospital, unstable condition but in ICU at Severance Hospital in Seoul.”