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Lisa Gatt, the Maltese girl who was injured in a traffic accident in Cambodia earlier this month, returned to Malta today assisted by a Red Cross team.

She was carried out of the arrivals lounge on a wheelchair and then put on a stretcher as she was greeted warmly by her father, her older sister Lia and friends.

Lisa Gatt had been on a work/holiday in Cambodia when she was seriously injured in a motrobike accident. Although she was operated, Lia told reporters today that she may need another operation in Malta because a pin inserted into her femur may be too long and was causing her pain.

Ms Gatt was brought back after a fund-raising campaign by her family. Lia expressed gratitude for the €8,000 collected so far, and said that should excess funds have been collected, they would be donated to charity.

Lisa said she had been unable to take out travel insurance because she had planned to stay in Cambodia for two years. Her only regret, she said, was having opted to travel on a motorcycle in such bad roads.

She said that medical facilities had been so primitive, that for two days her foot was just kept tied to a wooden splint.

She thanked all those who had assisted her, in any way.