BY WALTER FINCH
- British student gored by a bison in South Dakota maybe stranded in USA
- Beast tore her femoral artery and left her paralyzed in the leg from knee down
- Amelia Dean’s health provider has revealed they plan to withdraw her funding
- Her options are to fly home to the UK now in insurance-funded air ambulance
- Or stay in the US to receive ‘world class’ treatment without health insurance
A British student who was paralyzed after a 2,000lb bison gored her and tossed her 15ft in the air may be left stranded in the US after her health insurance said it will withdraw support.
Amelia Dean – known as Mia – was travelling in South Dakota during a gap year road trip when the beast tore the femoral artery in her left thigh during the shocking attack on June 16.
While she was fighting for her life in hospital, her parents Matthew and Jacqueline launched a GoFundMe to raise £140,000 ($171,000) to transfer their daughter to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
They had hoped to raise enough money for the extensive, specialist treatment the 19-year-old required in the US after her insurance provider only funded Mia’s initial care.
