The medical evacuation of an Australian woman who was horrifically injured in an accident while holidaying in Indonesia is underway.
Sky News host Paul Murray has warned Australians that Bali is threatening significant fines and potential prison time for overseas tourists behaving badly on the Indonesian island.
“I tell you all that because Australians clearly love going to Bali,” Mr Murray said.
“I’m telling you now, calm down, make it like half a wild night rather than a full-on wild night for obvious reasons.”
Rebecca Ode, from Newcastle, NSW, was found on the side of a road on the island of Nusa Lembongan, southeast of Bali, on Monday night after what is understood to have been a motorcycle accident.
She was reportedly semi-conscious and had a brain haemorrhage, shattered eye socket, cheekbones and collarbones.
The 36-year-old was rushed to Ngoerah General Hospital in Denpasar where she underwent 14 hours of surgery to stop the bleeding in her brain and to save her eyes.
Ms Ode was on an extended holiday in the popular Asian country since January as she reportedly tried to recover from her father’s sudden suicide in April 2022.
Her mother Shari and sister Jordyn flew to Bali to be by her bedside this week.
Rebecca Ode is reported to be undergoing a medical evacuation after family raised $206,000. Picture: GoFundMe.
The family launched a GoFundMe page to raise money for Ms Ode’s medical evacuation back to Australia after Dr Bagus Mahadewa warned she may have cerebral fluid still trapped in her skull.
According to the Daily Mail, Ms Ode’s medical evacuation is now underway after the family managed to raise $206,000 in their appeal.
Ms Ode could be back to Australia in three to four hours on an air ambulance flight.
Nusa Penida Police Chief Ida Bagus Putra Sumerta confirmed earlier this week Ms Ode was involved in a motorcycle crash and an investigation is set to be launched into the incident.
The 36-year-old was rushed to Ngoerah general hospital for surgery after she was believed to have been injured in a motorbike accident. Picture: Supplied.
It is believed she was driving a Yamaha scooter and crashed into a parked motorbike.
Following her reconstructive surgery, Ms Ode woke up in hospital seemingly confused and asked: “what happened to me?”
A plastic surgeon, ophthalmologist andorthopaedic specialist also worked on her.
Doctors first worked to “correct her head bones” and treat the “leak in her brain”, according to neurosurgeon specialist Professor Tjokorda Gde Bagus Mahadewa.
“Then we did a correction on her face and nose because it’s all broken. An ophthalmologist was also involved to handle her right eye, while anorthopaedic specialist performed surgery to her bones,” Professor Mahadewa told Daily Mail.
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“The ophthalmologist has said that her eye may not be saved,” he said.
“She is also suffering amnesia. She can’t remember the accident at all.”
The structural damage to Ms Ode’s face is expected to leave her disfigured for life.