Because you can't help everybody it doesn't mean you shouldn't help somebody Douglas Hurd, Foreign Secretary

Three children a day are dying violent deaths in the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo.

Dozens are waiting for emergency evacuation for medical treatment.

Mr Hurd said the government realised helping Irma would not reduce the scale of the problem.

"But because you can't help everybody it doesn't mean you shouldn't help somebody," Mr Hurd said.

Irma is expected to undergo a series of X-rays at Great Ormond Street Hospital over the next 24 hours to establish the extent of her injuries.

After an initial examination Dr Kathleen Wilkinson, a consultant paediatrician said the child was in a "stable but very sick" condition.

"The most serious problems are infection, possibly meningitis. She may also have recurrent abdominal problems," Dr Wilkinson said.

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