The five-year-old Saudi girl, who was incorrectly given chemotherapy over a year ago in the Kingdom, has now returned home after treatment in the US.

Rama Abdullah Al-Mohaimeed underwent treatment in the US over the past 13 months. She received support from Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah to undergo 12 corrective operations at Mayo Clinic.

A doctor at a Buraidah hospital had mistakenly given her chemotherapy treatment.

"Praise to God and Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques for saving my daughter, by allowing her to get treatment at the best hospitals in the world after suffering so much for the past 17 months," said her father.

According to her father, Rama's US doctors were shocked to hear about the medical mistake.

He said four well-known doctors from outside the state came to the hospital and requested permission to study Rama’s case.

Al-Mohaimeed said Rama began recovering after a month of treatment and was discharged, but due to severe inflammation in her trachea and high fever, she was transferred by air-ambulance to a specialized hospital for children, where she underwent a series of operations.

She returned to Mayo Clinic to undergo several additional operations. He said Rama has been successfully treated and would return to the US after one year.

Al-Mohaimeed said he plans to re-open the case against the health department of Qassim. He thanked Qassim Gov. Prince Faisal bin Bandar who met with his daughter after the initial publication of the case, and continued to follow up with the family while she was in America.

According to previous reports, the doctor who made the mistake had confused Rama with another young patient named Rami, aged 15. He then treated Rama with chemotherapy. Rama only had inflammation of her lymph glands.