12-y-o Jamaican burn victim needs US$40,000 for air ambulance trip to America

The family of Adrianna Laing, the 12-year-old burn victim from Westmoreland Jamaica, is seeking nearly US$40,000 (J$6.3 million) to pay for an air ambulance to fly her out of Jamaica for treatment in the United States.

Laing should be transferred to the Joseph M. Still Burn Center Medical Center in Austell, Georgia, the country’s largest such facility in the US.

According to Western Westmoreland Member of Parliament Morland Wilson, her hospital stay is being coordinated by Steven Jones through Good Samaritan Health Center and is free of charge.

Laing is in critical condition in a hospital in St Andrew, but her vitals are said to be stable.

However, transporting Laing to Georgia is crucial and is the only stumbling block the family is currently facing.

Doctors believe the next 48 hours are critical.

“She needs to get to a burn center immediately; her situation is dire,” said Wilson.

The family is asking for payments to be made directly to the air ambulance company, Trinity Air Ambulance International, LLC.

Adrianna Laing’s brothers, Adrianno Laing, nine, and twins Jorden and Jayden Laing, seven, were killed in the fire that destroyed their home in Springfield, Westmoreland, on Sunday evening.

The cause of the fire is still unknown.