Baby Landina’s journey for life-saving treatment

Landina arrived in London this morning, where she was taken to Great Ormond Street children’s hospital for medical assessment on her head injuries.

Her journey had begun last night in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince following weeks of bureaucratic delays.

Channel 4 News travelled with British surgeon David Nott, working as a volunteer in Haiti, who has looked after the child for two weeks since her arrival at the Medecins sans Frontieres hospital.

The baby’s mother is missing, presumed dead, and has no known family.

Earlier this month Channel 4 News reporter Inigo Gimore reported concerns that Landina would die unless she was operated on abroad to remove dead bone from her skull after she had suffered burn injuries.

Landina has already had to have her right arm amputated, and it was feared Landina’s condition was deteriorating as she awaited approval to be evacuated.

On Tuesday she received approval from the Haitian health minister, Alex Larson, to leave. He signed a letter to fast-track the baby’s removal from the country.

However her departure suffered a series of last-minute delays.

Last night she was taken by helicopter to the neighbouring Dominican Republic.

At the Santo Domingo airport, Landina’s new passport was stamped and she was checked by a nurse before being put on a British Airways flight bound to the UK to become the only Haitian child to be medically evacuated to Britain.

The charity, Facing the World, had invited her to stay in London for six to 12 months.

After she has recovered from surgery, she will return to Haiti.