Weaver Begs Village To Save His 3-year-old Son Whose Liver Is Rapidly Failing

“Rohit has not spoken his first words until now. He cannot walk on his own as well – he needs to be carried around. His eyes are getting more yellow every day. The doctors have told us that he will not survive for long if he does not get a liver transplant soon. Our son does not have much time left but we are poor textile weavers who have no money to save him,” says Babon Mallick, 3-year-old Rohit’s father.Village elders convinced them that Rohit had jaundice and that medicines would make him alrightBabon and his family live in a small village in Hoogly district, Karnataka, where every decision, even personal ones, are made only after consulting village elders. When Rohit was born in a local health centre in the village, his body was yellow all over. From day 1, doctors at the centre maintained that it was jaundice and prescribed medicines. The village elders also agreed.“My baby had dark yellow eyes and his urine was also yellow. We are illiterate people so we believed wh
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