Hero Australian grandfather could lose his ARM after horror accident in Bali while trying to stop a hit-and-run
- Phil McElhinney could face losing his arm after a freak accident in Bali
- The Perth man ran into a glass door chasing a hit-and-run driver
- He lost almost HALF of the blood in his body after a severe injury to his arm
- The grandfather faces colossal medical bills as he didn’t have insurance
A grandfather from Perth could lose his arm following a horror accident in Bali that left him with cuts so bad that he lost almost half of the blood in his body.
Phil McElhinney had rushed to the scene of a motorbike accident before chasing a driver who was attempting to flee only to end up laying in a pool of his own blood.
Mr McElhinney chased the man into a shop but ran into a glass door which shattered, lacerating his hands and arms.
A grandfather from Perth may lose his arm after loosing almost half of the blood in his body in a freak accident in Bali
Mr McElhinney now faces the possibility of losing an arm, but doctors said he very lucky as the blood loss alone should have killed him.
The Sorrento grandfather told 7NEWS: ‘I ran through the door and the door was shut, one hand hit the wood and the other went through the window,’ as he recovered in a Bali hospital.
He said doctors had talked about cutting the arm off because the damage was so severe.
A friend of Mr McElhinney, Warren, witnessed the freak accident and told of how he saw his friend collapse on the ground after hearing screams.
He said: ‘He had lost a lot of blood, his artery had been severed and he was bleeding out quite quickly’.
Mr McElhinney has undergone surgery for his injuries but faces colossal medical bills having regrettably failed to take out travel insurance
The grandfather, who is lucky to be alive, is now recovering in hospital after sustaining life threatening injuries when trying to stop a hit and run driver from escaping in Bali
The heroic man now faces colossal medical bills having undergone surgery, as failed to take out insurance before his trip