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An Australian woman continues to fight for her life in a Croatian hospital, while her partner recovers from less severe injuries, after the pair fell 10 metres from a wall in the coastal city of Dubrovnik early on Saturday, a hospital director has confirmed.<\/p>\n
Dubrovnik General Hospital director Marijo Bekic told local news website Dubrovacki dnevnik<\/i> overnight the pair\u2019s state was unchanged since Sunday.<\/p>\n
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City wall and Pile Gate with Lovrijenac Fortress in background in Dubrovnik.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>Wikicommons\/dronepicr<\/cite><\/p>\n \u201cThe female is in an induced coma and is stable given her difficult state, but her life is still in danger.<\/p>\n \u201cThe male, who has undergone a shin operation, is generally in a good condition and stable,\u201d Bekic said.<\/p>\n Local media reported that the couple slipped and fell about 10 metres from a wall between exclusive restaurants Dubravka and Nautika in the medieval Pile area of Dubrovnik near the Old City gates about 2.25am Saturday local time.<\/p>\n Local media reported the pair did not climb the wall but fell when the woman leaned on her partner.<\/p>\n On Sunday, trauma specialist Dr Ivan Bencic said the woman had suffered skull and brain injuries as well as broken chest and lumbar vertebrae.<\/p>\n Andrijana Biskup, a spokeswoman for Dubrovnik-Neretva County police, told local news station Dubrovacka televizija at the weekend that the man, 34, and woman, 26, had been cuddling or kissing when the fall occurred.<\/p>\n She said the man had a blood alcohol reading of just over 0.2 and the woman\u2019s BAC was 0.3 when they fell.<\/p>\n Police have ruled the fall an accident.<\/p>\n The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has been contacted for comment.<\/p>\n Get a note directly from our foreign <\/i><\/b>correspondents <\/i><\/b>on what\u2019s making headlines around the world. <\/i><\/b>Sign up for the weekly What in the World newsletter here<\/i><\/b>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\nMost Viewed in World<\/h2>\n
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