French guy in a coma in Vietnam - call for help

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 9:51 am

Another traveler who had a motorbike accident is in trouble because he has no insurance. This guy is in a coma in a Vietnamese hospital.

Translation from French.

Spoiler:

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Xavier Saunier needs all help to be transferred to France

Xavier Saunier is a young French man who is 30 years old. He is a funny man with a warm heart and positive spirit. He was always the one who listen and help people around him.

Today Xavier is in a very bad situation and would need help from everyone who can support.

On the 7th February 2018, he fell on the road while driving a motorbike in Hoi An, Vietnam. He has immediately been transferred to the hospital of this city. The doctor said that he is unconscious but he will wake up soon so they just let him rest on a bed. In fact after 8h his friends force the doctors to transfer him to a bigger hospital 30 Km further (Danang general Hospital). They immediately realized that he was in a deep Coma and they do everything to save his life. After 5 days, he is still in coma. We have tried to speak to him to wake him up, but he stays still with such a bad situation. Beside the coma, Xavier also has broken shoulders and legs.

The thing is the health care system in Viet Nam will not react very well if you do not have enough money. Family and friends already support all they can and raised few thousand dollars to cover the first needs but Xavier will have to be transfer to France whenever it will be possible to increase his chances.

The mom (Patricia Merckling) is desperate! No insurance support (visa / house) and she is hopping every hours to found the money to help his children to recover properly.

PLEASE EVERYONE, FROM NEAR OR FAR, YOUR DONATION TODAY WILL DECIDE XAVIER’S LIFE!
https://gogetfunding.com/xavier-life-is ... situation/

hanno · Post by **hanno** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 10:15 am

Look, I feel sorry for the guy BUT: Vietnam has to be the most dangerous country in the world to be riding a bike; doing so without insurance cover is just plain dumb.

The thing is the health care system in Viet Nam will not react very well if you do not have enough money

I do believe this is not unique to Vietnam.

Kammekor · Post by **Kammekor** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 10:26 am

Yeah, easy to flame the poor guy... They will need quite a bit of money to get home. To go home, he needs to be transported to either Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh, and then to France, occupying 3 or 4 seats with at least one medic accompanying him, and the medic has to come from France, or has to return to Vietnam. I guess they're looking at 15-25k for just getting the guy home, if an airline is willing to him accept him..... I don't think passenger airlines will be lining up to transport someone who's in a deep coma. If Air France has Cargo flights to either Hanoi or HCM I would advise the parents to aim for those. Usually they have a small space for passengers in those plane, and it might be large enough to medivac the poor guy.

ExPenhMan · Post by **ExPenhMan** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 10:41 am

hanno wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2018 10:15 am Look, I feel sorry for the guy BUT: Vietnam has to be the most dangerous country in the world to be riding a bike; doing so without insurance cover is just plain dumb.

The thing is the health care system in Viet Nam will not react very well if you do not have enough money
I do believe this is not unique to Vietnam.

I agree. In the 7 months I'd been in Vung Tau, I decided I would not buy a motorbike or take a moto taxi. I have many years of riding in Thailand and Cambodia but would not dare in Vietnam. It's very common to see a foreigner or local with bandages on the legs and/or shoulders, even chin due to moto accidents.

In fact, I was just as fearful of being a pedestrian, as riders will come at you from any angle, straight on or blind-sided. It's one of the key reasons I left VN.

Yet, foreigners will arrive in SEA and think it would be fun to rent a moto, without experience, licence or insurance. This will continue, as will the toll in lives and lifestyle.

hanno · Post by **hanno** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 10:50 am

Kammekor wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2018 10:26 am Yeah, easy to flame the poor guy... They will need quite a bit of money to get home. To go home, he needs to be transported to either Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh, and then to France, occupying 3 or 4 seats with at least one medic accompanying him, and the medic has to come from France, or has to return to Vietnam. I guess they're looking at 15-25k for just getting the guy home, if an airline is willing to him accept him..... I don't think passenger airlines will be lining up to transport someone who's in a deep coma. If Air France has Cargo flights to either Hanoi or HCM I would advise the parents to aim for those. Usually they have a small space for passengers in those plane, and it might be large enough to medivac the poor guy.

Might not be enough. We had to medevac a guest from Da Nang to Singapore (motorbike accident) and that was 30K.

Kammekor · Post by **Kammekor** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 11:28 am

hanno wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2018 10:50 am
Kammekor wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2018 10:26 am Yeah, easy to flame the poor guy... They will need quite a bit of money to get home. To go home, he needs to be transported to either Hanoi or Ho Chi Minh, and then to France, occupying 3 or 4 seats with at least one medic accompanying him, and the medic has to come from France, or has to return to Vietnam. I guess they're looking at 15-25k for just getting the guy home, if an airline is willing to him accept him..... I don't think passenger airlines will be lining up to transport someone who's in a deep coma. If Air France has Cargo flights to either Hanoi or HCM I would advise the parents to aim for those. Usually they have a small space for passengers in those plane, and it might be large enough to medivac the poor guy.
Might not be enough. We had to medevac a guest from Da Nang to Singapore (motorbike accident) and that was 30K.

Wow... Private plane?

Barang chgout · Post by **Barang chgout** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 11:46 am

Had a friend who years ago, grated his jaw off on the bitumen here. Medivac to Thailand and then on to England apparently cost his mum over 100k sterling. Maybe 10 years ago.

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Kuroneko · Post by **Kuroneko** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 12:05 pm

ExPenhMan wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2018 10:41 am
Yet, foreigners will arrive in SEA and think it would be fun to rent a moto, without experience, licence or insurance. This will continue, as will the toll in lives and lifestyle.

Or Helmet? He was extremely unlucky to receive that level of traumatic brain injury if he was wearing a helmet. It is possible when you "slam hard" into another vehicle or object but it states "he fell on the road while driving a motorbike".

Helmets are shown to reduce motorcyclist head injury and death
Motorcycle helmets were found to reduce the risk of death and head injury in motorcyclists who crashed. From four higher quality studies helmets were estimated to reduce the risk of death by 42% (OR 0.58, 95% CI 0.50 to 0.68) and from six higher quality studies helmets were estimated to reduce the risk of head injury by 69% (OR 0.31, 95% CI 0.25 to 0.38). Insufficient evidence was found to estimate the effect of motorcycle helmets compared with no helmet on facial or neck injuries. However, studies of poorer quality suggest that helmets have no effect on the risk of neck injuries and are protective for facial injury. There was insufficient evidence to demonstrate whether differences in helmet type confer more or less advantage in injury reduction. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0012707/

A helmet is still very cheap insurance.

Micmac · Post by **Micmac** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 12:20 pm

Even with insurance people dont read the PDS properly and often find themselves inadequately insured.

I dont know of any insurance companies who will cover you if you're unlicensed to drive/ride that particular vehicle in their own country. And if you're affected by drugs or alcohol no way will they payout.

Read the fine print about sporting activities,and you may be surprised.

Micmac · Post by **Micmac** » Thu Feb 15, 2018 12:22 pm

Barang chgout wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2018 11:46 am cost his mum over 100k sterling.

Now thats a mum who loves her son

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