Image: Champion News) Champion News)The teen was flown back by air ambulance nine days later, having suffered kidney failure due to infection from the virulent Shiga Toxin bacteria (STEC), his lawyers claim. Now - nearly five years on - Mr Brunt says he has to live with "irreversible" damage to both kidneys, while his overall kidney function has been slashed by 60 percent. Now 19, Mr Brunt, of Bedmond Road, Hemel Hempstead, is suing TUI UK Ltd for over £500,000, alleging that resort staff failed to ensure all food and drink was safe for consumption. Image: Champion News) Champion News)Sign up for our daily newsletter to keep up to date with all the essential information at www.mirror.co.uk/email. TUI accepts that the teenager was taken ill and hospitalised while on holiday, but disputes that food poisoning was the source of his illness.

Source: Daily Mirror August 17, 2021 13:49 UTC