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17-metre fall in Eivissa leaves man with spinal fracture

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A 27-year-old US man remains in hospital after falling 17 metres in the Sa Figuera Borda area of Eivissa, Ibiza, on Sunday.

He has a broken spinal bone, diagnosed as a thoracic vertebra fracture, and is being monitored by the hospital’s neurosurgery unit, the centre said on Tuesday.

Doctors from the 061 advanced life-support ambulance assessed him before firefighters joined a land rescue. He was then taken to hospital in a serious condition.

Topics: Health

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com