British man has died after being stuck in Greek hospital

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Alan Kirby in hospital

A British tourist who was stuck in Greece on a ventilator with a £14,000 hospital bill after a holiday insurance mistake has died. Car valeter Alan Kirby, 67, suffered a 'septic' shock and passed away on Monday, his family has confirmed.

Alan had initially thought the pain in his side at dinner was from throwing his stepdaughter's children around in the sea in Zante. But when he woke up breathless, he sought medical advice and doctors advised he return to the UK for a biopsy on a mass in his lung they feared might be cancer.

But before they could get home, Alan's health deteriorated and he was put on a ventilator - prohibiting him from taking a commercial flight back to the UK - and he was airlifted to a private hospital in Athens. His devastated family had