Young Preston baby to be escorted home from Paris children's hospital by specialist medical team

After his daughter Danziell had to be taken to Centre Hospitalier Jossigny Marne la Vallée in Paris on Monday January 8, Lewis Smith put out an appeal on GoFundMe to try and raise funds for specialist transportation - their family travel insurance covered Danziell’s hospital stay but not an international transfer - so he and his family could head home to Preston.

Quickly raising over £1,250 thanks to the generosity of friends and family, the Smiths also reached out to the British Embassy in Paris and to Royal Preston Hospital for advice on what to do, with Danziell having been administered hyperbaric oxygen therapy. 

Thankfully, the family recently announced that, after over a week of being stuck at the hospital, they are now able to head home to Preston.

For more information on the GoFundMe, head to https://www.gofundme.com/f/get-danziel-home-from-paris-childrens-hospital