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Cancer treatment girl flown home

Jun 27 2012

 

A terminally ill seven-year-old girl is back in Scotland after specialist treatment in Mexico.

Olivia Downie and her family, from Fraserburgh in Aberdeenshire, flew to the Central American country earlier this month to get treatment for neuroblastoma, an aggressive form of cancer.

While there, Olivia fell seriously ill and her family was told she would need expensive medical treatment on any flight home.

Olivia, her mother Lauren and father Steven touched down in Aberdeen on a medical plane this lunchtime.

A charity, Families Against Neuroblastoma (FAN), has been helping the family and set a target of £110,000 to fund their journey back to Scotland.

A JustGiving page set up to raise money for her flight and medical costs now shows over £150,000 has been donated.

Olivia will go straight to hospital.

A spokesman for Air Ambulance Worldwide, which transferred Olivia, said: "The flight has landed. Our indications are that the flight went well. All the reports were that she was doing fine."

At the weekend, online problems with NatWest bank delayed pledged funds from appearing in the charity's account, although FAN said the bank worked all day to resolve the issue.

The medical bill for the hospital in Mexico has now been settled.

 

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