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Haitian Baby Flying To Uk For Life Saving Operation
Posted by adhityaen,
07 February 2010
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Three-month-old Haitian girl Landina Seignon, who was severely bruised and maimed and thought to be orphaned by the devastating earthquake, 
being taken care by a British surgeon is at the centre of a rescue mission and to fly to the UK for a life-saving operation.
David Nott has been caring for three-month-old Landina Seignon in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince.
But he says the child could die within a week unless she receives a specialist operation. ‘The clock is ticking for the child,’ he said.
Landina, thought to have been orphaned in the disaster, was pulled from the rubble of a Port-au-Prince hospital where she was originally being treated for a burn. She suffered severe head injuries and also had to have her right arm amputated.
The fact she survived at all was extraordinary – 20 nurses and the hospital’s orthopaedic surgeon died when the building collapsed.
Mr Nott said: ‘I saw this baby when I first arrived here. I have been watching her every day. It’s one of the most emotional experiences I have ever had. It is miraculous that we have got this far with her so I think we need to continue to try to procure the miracle.’
Mr Nott is a vascular and general surgeon at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and also runs a private practice in London. He is a world expert on keyhole surgery.
He volunteered to go to Haiti to help the relief effort and has performed dozens of life-saving operations on trauma victims, including many children.
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being taken care by a British surgeon is at the centre of a rescue mission and to fly to the UK for a life-saving operation. David Nott has been caring for three-month-old Landina Seignon in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince.
But he says the child could die within a week unless she receives a specialist operation. ‘The clock is ticking for the child,’ he said.
Landina, thought to have been orphaned in the disaster, was pulled from the rubble of a Port-au-Prince hospital where she was originally being treated for a burn. She suffered severe head injuries and also had to have her right arm amputated.
The fact she survived at all was extraordinary – 20 nurses and the hospital’s orthopaedic surgeon died when the building collapsed.
Mr Nott said: ‘I saw this baby when I first arrived here. I have been watching her every day. It’s one of the most emotional experiences I have ever had. It is miraculous that we have got this far with her so I think we need to continue to try to procure the miracle.’
Mr Nott is a vascular and general surgeon at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and also runs a private practice in London. He is a world expert on keyhole surgery.
He volunteered to go to Haiti to help the relief effort and has performed dozens of life-saving operations on trauma victims, including many children.
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