A TODDLER given chemical detergent in orange juice by a Cyprus barman has not suffered any permanent damage to her lungs.

A TODDLER given chemical detergent in orange juice by a Cyprus barman has not suffered any permanent damage to her lungs.

Two-year-old Annabel Rhodes faces further hospital tests today on the holiday island to see how badly the fluid - thought to be nitric acid - damaged her throat.

She is sitting up and smiling today in her bed at the Archbishop Makarios III hospital in Nicosia, the island's capital, paediatric lung specialist Dr Panicos Yiallouros said.

He said: "She is much better today. We have to do tests on her oesophagus. Her lungs are fine but we will be putting a liquid down to X-ray and see what the damage is."

"She will not be going home today but may be by the end of the week.

He added: "She is very good. I think she understands what has happened to her but she still cannot speak."

Annabel was taken ill at the Curium Palace hotel in Limassol when a barman unwittingly put the cleaning fluid in her drink instead of water, police said.

The noxious liquid was stored in a clear plastic bottle, detectives said.

Initially Annabel was critically ill but she made a quick recovery and was taken off a ventilator helping her breathe on Tuesday afternoon.

Her parents, Mark, 55, and Judith, 32, were with their daughter today. They have been by her bed side since the accident on Saturday.

They have asked for their privacy to be respected at an emotionally difficult time.

Mr Rhodes, from Paddington, west London, is chief executive of two oil transportation companies, Petrotrans and Alegratrans, part of the Greenoak group, which has offices in Limassol.

Police are still investigating what happened but have made no arrests.

Staff at the four-star hotel have refused to comment.