Mrs Creane, 34, suffered brain damage when she was hit by the panel while on a break at the luxury Emirates Palace Hotel with her future husband Trevor.

BBC: Natalie Creane in a hospital bed

Well fortified, detour back toward the airport for the fascinating tour (1400 local time, Sunday to Thursday) of the Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital where birds of prey are nursed lovingly back to health and whose tour ends with an opportunity to hold a rehabilitated falcon, then head back into town to take high tea at the opulent Emirates Palace Hotel.

BBC: Stopover in Abu Dhabi