Charity campaign for burnt baby raises £ 10,000 in three days

Peshawar-A charity campaign to bring a seriously burned baby boy from Pakistan to Scotland for treatment raised almost £ 10,000 in three days.

Three-month-old Mohammad Sudais suffered third degree burns in a gas explosion at his home in Peshawar seven weeks ago.
The accident claimed the lives of his father Mohammad Ameen, mother Sumaira and 13-month-old brother Abdul Haseeb.

Doctors in Pakistan said they can do no more for the baby, and recommended that he be treated at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, the city where his uncle Mohammad Asif lives.


The charity appealed to the Scottish Government for help in arranging suitable transportation.
Director Robina Qureshi said, "Unless the doctors tell us different, we don't think a commercial flight is safe, possible or practical.”

She added if the Scottish Government brings the child from Pakistan by air ambulance or even military flight with medical facilities, then there is nothing to prevent the child being in Glasgow's York hill Hospital by tomorrow.

A Scottish Government spokeswoman said, "The Scottish Government is doing all it can to help bring baby Mohammad to Scotland for treatment."

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