A fundraising campaign has raised £25,000 to bring a Scot home after he suffered a brain aneurysm in Thailand.

Orcadian Owen Auskerry was flown to a private hospital in Bangkok after a series of seizures on January 13.

The 24-year-old underwent brain surgery with his parents by his side two days later and is now recovering in the Thai capital.

But rising medical costs and concerns over his long-term care forced his family to turn to crowdfunding website GoFundMe for help.

Mr Auskerry's brother Hamish said: "Owen is in intensive care in a private hospital in Bangkok. He's stable and doctors removed a catheter from his brain on Tuesday.

"He has insurance and we're hoping his medical costs - which include a £6000 bill for the air ambulance and a £16,000 bill for brain surgery - will be covered.

"But his insurance runs out on January 22 and we're worried it may not pay for his recovery.

"Money raised through our GoFundMe campaign will help cover flights and his ongoing care. We don't think he'll be able to come back to Orkney and he may have to be treated elsewhere."

Any money left over from Mr Auskerry's care will be donated to the charity of his choice, his family said.

Mr Auskerry's girlfriend Janjira first raised the alarm after the English teacher became unwell. His symptoms, which began as a severe headache and nausia, quickly became more serious.

He was initially taken to an infirmary from his home in Nakhon Si Thammarat before being flown 380 miles to hospital in Bangkok.

Mr Auskerry's parents flew out to Thailand on Friday and shortly afterwards he underwent three-and-a-half hour long surgery on his brain. He woke up two days later and is in a stable condition.