Kiwi traveller faces hefty medical bill after fracturing spine in Cambodia and treatment in BangkokCharlie Lowe was left partially paralysed after fracturing his spine and ribs in a fall while on holiday in Cambodia. Charlie Lowe was left partially paralysed after fracturing his spine and ribs in a fall while on holiday in Cambodia. Lowe’s sister Diane Moore quickly booked a flight from New Zealand to Cambodia, so she could take care of him. Although he had been recovering, he remained partially paralysed, and it was a “wait and see” situation whether he would walk again, she said. Anthony Coulter, 69, is partially paralysed by spinal stenosis.