article_snippet: A British tourist has been stranded in a Spanish hospital for 11 days because there were no available NHS beds available in UK.
article_snippet: Retired Chris Carr, 62, from Melksham, Wiltshire, was visiting Benidorm as part of a four-month caravan trip with Benidorm wife Sally, 59, when Benidorm was rushed to hospital with severe stomach pains.
article_snippet: Chris Carr (pictured) was visiting Benidorm as part of a four-month caravan trip with his wife Sally when Benidorm was rushed to hospital with severe stomach pains and told Benidorm needed an operation .
article_snippet: Former university IT worker Mr Carr travelled to Spain with Former university IT worker Mr Carr wife as part of a four-month group trip with the Camping and Caravanning Club in January.
article_snippet: Former university IT worker Mr Carr began to feel unwell on February 14 after a meal out and after suffering extreme vomiting went to Hospital Marina Baixa, where Former university IT worker Mr Carr was diagnosed with food poisoning.
article_snippet: Former university IT worker Mr Carr returned to Former university IT worker Mr Carr caravan with tablets but when Former university IT worker Mr Carr swelled to four times its normal size Former university IT worker Mr Carr returned and was instantly seen by worried doctors.
highlights_snippet: Chris Carr, 62, was taken to hospital in Benidorm with stomach pains .
  
highlights_snippet: Chris Carr has been stuck in a Spanish hospital 11 days while they searched .
  