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UK riots, Nurses form a human shield to protect baby
10 Aug 2011 at 21:41hrs | Views
Birmingham, UK - NURSES formed a human shield around a critically ill baby at a riot-threatened hospital while looters went on the rampage nearby, dailystar.co.uk reported.
According to the News website the drama unfolded at Birmingham Children's Hospital, where one-month-old Lottie Bryon-Edmond is fighting for her life.
She is at the top of the UK's super transplant list and will die within weeks without a new liver.
Lottie, who has the rare condition neonatal haemochromatosis, was admitted to the hospital because of its specialised liver unit.
But her family's ordeal turned to terror when thugs threatened to set the hospital on fire.
Staff formed a human shield around its doors while police ordered a total lockdown, preventing Lottie's parents Chris and Julie from being with her overnight for the first time.
The family last night slammed the rioters who used Twitter to spread the word and encourage thugs to storm the wards of the children's Hospital just after 9pm on Monday.
They said they should "come and see the cost of their selfishness".
An aunt who had travelled from Spain to visit Lottie was also unable to get through the menacing gangs who had surrounded the hospital armed with broken bottles and knives.
Chris and Julie have launched a campaign to get an extra one million people signed up as donors.
They know that within weeks the treatment Lottie is receiving will not be enough to keep her alive.
Mr Bryon-Edmond, 47, of Torquay, Devon, said: "These past days have been agonising as her liver is in a very poor condition and is not going to recover."
According to the News website the drama unfolded at Birmingham Children's Hospital, where one-month-old Lottie Bryon-Edmond is fighting for her life.
She is at the top of the UK's super transplant list and will die within weeks without a new liver.
Lottie, who has the rare condition neonatal haemochromatosis, was admitted to the hospital because of its specialised liver unit.
But her family's ordeal turned to terror when thugs threatened to set the hospital on fire.
Staff formed a human shield around its doors while police ordered a total lockdown, preventing Lottie's parents Chris and Julie from being with her overnight for the first time.
They said they should "come and see the cost of their selfishness".
An aunt who had travelled from Spain to visit Lottie was also unable to get through the menacing gangs who had surrounded the hospital armed with broken bottles and knives.
Chris and Julie have launched a campaign to get an extra one million people signed up as donors.
They know that within weeks the treatment Lottie is receiving will not be enough to keep her alive.
Mr Bryon-Edmond, 47, of Torquay, Devon, said: "These past days have been agonising as her liver is in a very poor condition and is not going to recover."
Source - dailystar.co.uk
