B4.4 million plan prompts health bills
PUBLISHED: 14 Perhaps 2025 at 05: 59
A British man, age 21, is recovering from life-changing injury after falling from Na Mueang 2 Waterfall in Koh Samui, Surat Thani, prompting his girlfriend to build a £100,000 ( 4.4 million baht ) fundraising campaign to pay for his mounting medical bills and handle an urgent return to the UK.
Since the UK’s Daily Mirror news reported the incident on May 3, the situation has attracted the attention of the general public. Liam Gibson, a member of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Professionals ( REME), allegedly fell from the river while attempting to take a picture on April 12 and sustained severe injuries, according to the document.
The pair reportedly noticed the place being widely promoted on social media as a must-see area. It appeared to be a fun time away. But we didn’t realize the consequences until it was too late, his partner Lucy Burnett said.
In a Paypal appeal, Ms. Burnett described the tragic incident as” a life-changing incident in Thailand where he slipped off the edge while innocently taking a image.”
She claimed that her boyfriend, a British man, has been in the military for five years and has organized numerous charity events for different causes.
She continued,” We next had two days to wait for a rescue group in which Liam was in a horrifying condition with legs sticking out of his limbs, broken legs everywhere, completely shattered experience and forehead and bleeding out quickly”!
” It took the rescue team three hours to transport him down the mountain to the hospital once they had reached us.” When we arrived at the hospital, we discovered that he had broken his right arm, his left hand, his eye socket, cheekbone, head, and bones, and had several opened wounds to the spine on his left knee. He had also broken his right arm in three pieces.
He has since had three major surgeries, numerous blood transfusions, antibiotics, and medications, and has been in the hospital always since. He is still awaiting his main operation to repair his femur and allow him to eventually learn to walk once more.
Ms. Burnett has launched a GoFundMe fundraising campaign in an apparent bid to raise money to cover both his medical costs and the cost of a pilot jet.
We both did not want to make this GoFundMe, she wrote. But this is our final choice… He must pay this bill before leaving the hospital.
Mr. Gibson has received treatment at Bangkok Hospital in Samui, according to a nearby cause. According to the cause, Mr. Gibson’s lack of vacation insurance made his treatment and repatriation more difficult. Due to individual confidentiality, the hospital has never permitted press interviews or interviews.
At Na Mueang 2 Waterfall, there has been a horror before, but this is not the first day.
The site has experienced a number of fatalities in recent years, including two that occurred in 2019 and an American tourist in 2024. Both victims died after crossing safety barriers. The area is still popular with tourists looking for spectacular photos despite visible signage warning people against climbing the waterfall’s upper levels, according to the source.
More and more people are calling for stronger health measures, including restricting exposure to hazardous areas of the site or installing railings.