A brave Ruislip dad who survived two strokes, and raised thousands for the hospital that helped him, is in intensive care after another hospital misdiagnosed a third.

Ian Partridge, 47, went to Northwick Park Hospital A&E with concerns he might be suffering another stroke - but doctors sent him home saying the keen athlete had been overdoing his rehabilitation in the gym.

After still suffering symptoms, and deteriorating to the point of not being able to speak days later, a consultant finally diagnosed him as suffering another stroke, pneumonia and sepsis and has been in intensive care, now at Central Middlesex Hospital , for five weeks.

Generous Ian previously raised nearly £6,000 for Hillingdon Hospital and a national stroke charity, saying “If I’m honest I really don’t mind how they spend it, as the people there really do deserve it, and maybe they can buy some new equipment.”

His wife, Michelle, is now struggling to make ends meet and cope with her husband’s recovery and care for children, Scarlett, 9, Oliver, 11, and 16-year-old Georgia, after the couple's disabled and carer's allowance was cut since Ian's hospitalisation.

She said: “It’s ridiculous, even the hospital offered to call social services on our behalf. He will often only respond to me and not them it’s really the voices that he needs.

“He had a brain stem stroke and it affects everything, all your nerves so there’s no telling how he’ll progress. He’s a determined person if anyone, so he’ll fight this. I try to be there every day but it’s hard with the children to look after.”

Michelle now has to pay for her regular commute to see her husband every day, whilst trying to juggle the mortgage, bills and their children.

She said: “Until Ian comes out of hospital I can’t have my benefits the carers and his disability even though he’s still disabled which is ridiculous.

“It’s just silly, I worry for my husband and worry for how we’re going to survive.”

Felicity Redwood, who has known the family for 12 years, set up a crowdfunding page to help tide Michelle over with transport costs and hopefully help Ian with long term help.

She said: “They're such a lovely, genuine family that would go out of their way to help anybody. They've had a horrible stream of bad luck.

“The goal is £6,000 to match what Ian raised for charity. It's one less worry for them as they shouldn't have to be thinking of finance.”

Mrs Partridge “Couldn't believe” the generosity of the donations, with the page having already hit £5,000.

She said: “There’s so many generous people out there, there’s even people we don’t know on there.

“We used to pay to charities all our life and we wouldn’t expect people to donate to us.”

You can visit the crowdfunding page for Ian and his family by clicking here .