Help Repatriate my seriously sick Father

URGENTLY seeking support to fund critical Heart Operation and repatriate our DAD back home to the UK

 My name is Ella, eldest of three daughters of Keith Presbury. 

Our Dad raised us as a single dad for 9 years in the UAE. All three of us have returned to the UK to study and work whilst our Dad remained in Dubai with a vision to continue to support us.

He had previously suffered some seriously life threatening health issues over the last 20 years; in particular a Kidney Transplant in 2002. 

Despite many challenges and struggles, dad has always ensured that our well-being and education remains his highest priority.

Sadly, his biggest challenge was suffering a Heart Attack in late 2018, the severity of which resulted in a Stent implant operation and 9 months of convalescence. 

The situation deteriorated further with the COVID-19 outbreak in February 2020 hence dad has now been unemployed for nearly 3 years. 

Travel restrictions due to some outstanding medical fees and overstay fines prevented him returning home and as a result, the underlying health issues continue to take their toll.

The UAE has been very good to us as family over the years, for which we return eternally grateful. That being said, No job, No employment visa, No residency and No Health Insurance, has led us as a family to reach out in order to  support dad in his plight.

The inability for dad to access the monthly medication regime required, in particular, the daily required Immunosuppressant has placed dad in need of urgent medical attention.

Finally, in June 2021 a Cardiologist at the Saudi German Hospital advised dad that an angioplasty procedure as well as an additional Stent operation is now vital.


Without the operation, our beloved dad is at risk of further heart failure and/or worse a severe stroke. 

It is truly heartbreaking as we, his daughters feel helpless and paralyzed, as we have only seen him ONCE in over FOUR YEARS…we are desperate.



The stress and anxiety on Dads parents (our Grandparents), who are both in their mid-80's, has caused health issues for both of them. 

For us, his three daughters, there is not a day that goes by that we do not yearn to have dad back. We hope and pray that we will receive support in raising funds for dad to both receive the medical attention required and then have him return home.

To achieve this we require the support to raise- 

GBP12, 000 pounds for the surgery
GBP10, 000 pounds to pay his over-stay fines and repatriation costs
GBP700 ongoing monthly medication 
GBP2, 500 pounds in total, flight and quarantine hotel  

We love and miss our dad and remain hopeful that we may enjoy Christmas 2021 together in the UK as a family.