She added, if the procedure was unsuccessful, the girl would need another operation to put in artificial material.

“The doctor said she would definitely be permanently disabled and had a high chance of becoming blind,” the mother told Catherine Lui, the former head of school at Ludus Kindergarten & Nursery in the video.

“I feel very guilty and don’t know how to help her. She has never done or tried anything,” she said. “Now we can only wait for a miracle to appear.”

The child’s parents said the baby underwent emergency surgery and there was a large amount of bleeding in her brain, which was also starved of oxygen.

They said the child could only see light and shadow and had a high chance of going blind.

The family added the baby was unable to move her right foot and doctors warned she would be permanently disabled and paralysed.

“I still didn’t understand what happened until this moment,” the mother said.

Lui said the parents were under severe mental stress and approached her last month for help.

She said the couple had asked for more medical support and intensive care for the baby in hospital.

Lui said they also appealed to the authorities to make it clear who should be held responsible for the alleged incident.

Hong Kong babysitter granted bail after arrest over allegedly abusing infant

A spokesman for Tuen Mun Hospital said on Friday that the baby’s condition was stable and had improved significantly compared with when she was first admitted.

“Multiple professional medical teams at our hospital work hard to provide appropriate treatment and rehabilitation support for the patient based on her clinical condition, and maintain communication with the family,” he said.

The spokesman added that the hospital would continue to monitor the baby closely and provide appropriate treatment and support.

Police said Tuen Mun Hospital made a report of suspected child abuse on January 26 after the baby suffered a blood clot on the brain and fell into a coma.

The 33-year-old woman was arrested the next day on suspicion of child abuse.

She was recruited under a government-funded “community nanny” childcare scheme.

The babysitter was hired by the parents through Yan Oi Tong, the NGO in charge of operating the childcare programme, on January 2 because their domestic helper had gone on holiday.

The Social Welfare Department said the woman had recently completed training before she started work, and that the injured infant was the first child put into her care.

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The parents left the child with the nanny at her home at 9.30am and returned to pick her up at 6.30pm every day.

The father got a call at 2pm on January 25 from Yan Oi Tong staff, who told him the baby had suffered a spasm after she was given a bath by the babysitter.

The infant was rushed to Tuen Mun Hospital after the parents arrived at the home at around 3.30pm and found the child unconscious in her stroller.

The child underwent surgery after the blood clot was detected.

The Social Welfare Department earlier asked Yan Oi Tong to submit a report on the alleged incident.

The department added on Friday that the report confirmed that the babysitter involved had accepted and passed the assessment of her household conditions and abilities and also completed childcare training before she started work.

It said the Tuen Mun District Social Welfare Office was giving the family welfare, funding and service referral support and that social workers would continue to provide help.

Police said on Friday night that the arrested woman’s bail had been extended to April.