Love Island star Courtney Stubbs begged her Instagram followers for help on Tuesday when she found a ‘severely injured’ man on the side of the road in Bali.
The Australian reality TV star, 26, and her partner Jack Millar discovered American tourist Nariman Vaziri, 34, in a ‘life or death situation’ after a serious car crash.
She rushed the man to the hospital in critical condition, but doctors could not operate on him without permission from a family member.
Stubbs uploaded a video to her 112,000 followers asking them to help find Vaziri’s family so he could undergo life-saving surgery.
“An emergency in Bali, we are trying to find out the details of this gentleman’s family,” she told her fans.
‘We have contacted the American consultation and they are unable to contact his family. He is very seriously injured, it is life or death. We tried calling everyone.
“We don’t know where he’s staying, we don’t know who he’s with, we just found him on the side of the road and we took him to the hospital.
‘He has to undergo a crucial operation, but she [doctors] cannot approve it until we contact his family.”
Love Island star Courtney Stubbs, 26, (pictured) begged her Instagram followers for help on Tuesday when she found a ‘severely injured’ man on the side of the road in Bali
Luckily, Stubbs was inundated with helpful messages from followers and later revealed that she had found Vaziri’s mother.
‘We found Nariman’s mother! The hospital is in contact. Thank you so much to everyone who helped,” she wrote alongside a selfie of her and Jack.
Stubbs and Millar, 29, further said Vaziri successfully underwent the surgery he needed and is now in stable condition.
The Australian reality TV star and her partner Jack Millar discovered American tourist Nariman Vaziri, 34, (pictured) in a ‘life or death situation’ after a serious car crash
‘We spoke to Nariman’s aunt on the phone. His father comes to Bali to be with him. We will try to visit him in hospital tomorrow,” Stubbs said.
Stubbs told Daily Mail Australia on Wednesday that Vaziri was ‘in a serious but stable condition’.
“Out of respect for his family, we do not wish to share more,” she added, before revealing what the most harrowing part of the experience was.
‘The saddest thing about this whole accident is that he was surrounded by locals when he was found and no one tried to help him to hospital.
‘They were just filming. A few men helped him into the ambulance as we begged them too.”
Stubbs and Millar (both pictured) rushed Vaziri to hospital in a critical condition and had to rush to find his family so they could allow doctors to operate on him.
“It is very important that people know that it is extremely difficult to contact ambulance services by telephone in emergency situations,” she added.
“Honestly, Jack and I didn’t hesitate to stop and help because we knew the hospital was close by. It’s just the right thing to do.
‘His family will arrive in Bali tonight and tomorrow to be with him.
‘We have learned from this how important it is to travel with a physical ID card and to set up emergency contacts in person or telephone.
‘Everyone deserves to be helped in an emergency and we hope someone else would have done the same.’
‘We spoke to Nariman’s aunt on the phone. His father comes to Bali to be with him. We will try to visit him in hospital tomorrow,” Stubbs told her followers hours later
After the accident, Stubbs urged her followers to protect themselves by setting up emergency contacts and medical ID on their smartphones.
“If you have an iPhone or an emergency setting to set up emergency contact information, do so now,” she said on Instagram.
“If you learn anything from what happened [Vaziri]”If we had been able to contact his family sooner, things could have changed.”
Both iPhone and Android smartphones have emergency contact and medical ID options available to their users.