Australian hospitalised photographer dies in Bali after contracting an infection in his neck which saw his weight plummet by 32kgs in six weeks. Brad Masters went to Siloam Hospital in Denpasar  on Christmas Day 25/12/2020 after complaining about a swollen gland in his jaw.The father-of-one, who is originally from Fremantle in Perth, was using antibiotics to treat pneumonia just weeks earlier, but his partner Trish Kincaid said his neck was ‘scarlet and bigger than his head’ by December 25 th 2020.  Surgeons tried for four weeks to remove the widespread infection but, when the 41-year-old caught a superbug in hospital, he was placed in an induced coma and on life support.Early on Sunday, Mr Masters died in hospital. Brad Masters  was a professional surfing and snowboarding photographer who lived in Bali prior to his death Mr Masters’ parents Biba and Russell were unable to fly to see him due to coronavirus border closures.

His shattered family spoke of their loss, explaining they would miss him ‘every second of every day’
Mr Masters was complaining of neck pain on Christmas Day and went to hospital
Brad Masters was a known surfing photographer and had been featured in international publications
The thrill-seeker was known to travel the world looking for the best swells and had amassed an enormous following picturing the likes of Kelly Slater in the water.Slater and Mick Fanning are among dozens of mourners who have paid tribute to the photographer.

It is not clear how Mr Masters first came to be unwell in the lead up to Christmas. The weightlifter weighed a healthy 90kgs in late 2020, but Ms Kincaid said this plummeted to just 58kg while he was in hospital. Ms Kincaid said the doting dad’s antibiotics were constantly changing after the bug spread to his lungs and he got pneumonia. The abscess on his neck almost killed him,’ the model previously said. He was transferred to another hospital and put on a ventilator for three weeks while doctors tried to remove more infection, but the pneumonia came back after the third operation.Brad was then put back on to the ventilator and life support machines under controlled sedation,’ she said.Doctors were eventually able to clear the infected areas and close the wound on his neck before his condition deteriorated again.

A fundraiser set up to help cover the costs of Mr Masters  medical bills will stay active given the family still have a hefty sum to pay. His treatment was not covered by his insurance, his devastated family explained. Apparently [the neck infection] is one of the few infections not covered under the policy,’ Ms Kincaid said. The medical cost for his treatment is in excess of $75,000 and increasing daily by $3,500.’
His family were unable to be by his side in his final weeks due to Covid-19 border restrictions.
The medical cost for his treatment is in excess of $75,000 and increasing daily by $3,500,’ Ms Kincaid wrote on the fundraiser page prior to his death.

Australian hospitalised photographer dies

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