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Get Pete Rowe flown home from Greece by air ambulance asap

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Pete Rowe from Lincoln UK was admitted to hospital in greece over a month (9th October) ago with respiratory failure.his insurance company are refusing to pay the £19,000 to get him air ambulanced back to the UK for further treatment which has had a massive impact on his mental &physical health
Mr Rowe has medical evidence to support the request to be flown back to the UK by air ambulance..
we pay insurance to cover all scenarios holiday .. but when it comes to it they refuse to pay what the cover is for... his wife Lisa and his kids are being put through hell as a result of all the delays and the insurers not agreeing to the medical specialists requests....and this poor man needs to be at hospital in Lincoln near home and family ... please help
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Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

Your petition seems to be calling on an insurance company, not the UK Government or Parliament, to take action.

You can find out how to get assistance from the UK Government for British citizens in Greece here:

https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-athens

Timeline

17 Nov 2017 Petition opened for signatures
22 Nov 2017 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 22 Nov 2017

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.