Hospital visit a happy one for Anya and staff

A six-year-old Ukrainian girl, who four years ago was given little chance of surviving a severe form of leukaemia, has returned to Ireland where she received special treatment that led to her amazing recovery.

The Chernobyl Children's Project, which arranged for her travel to Ireland, and the Oak Unit special leukaemia ward at the National Children's Hospital who treated the girl, have expressed delight at her recovery.

In 1998, Anya Deripapa was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia, the most toxic form of leukaemia.