Rickshaw Pullers Baby

Twitter users were moved by the strong resolve shown by the rickshaw puller.

At a government hospital in Uttar Pradesh, people are at the mercy of untrained sweepers and rickshaw pullers - a shocking state of affairs exposed after a baby died on Tuesday, moments after being given an injection by a rickshaw puller.

India's first introduction to Baby Damini was the back of her head, snuggled in tight to her father's chest as he ferried people in his cycle-rickshaw in Bharatpur in Rajasthan. That sight grabbed India's heart, leading to a deluge of offers for help.

Two-month-old Damini weighs just two kilos now, not ideal for a baby her height. But she is far healthier now than when she grabbed India's heart, slung to her father's chest as he ferried people in his cycle-rickshaw in Bharatpur in Rajasthan.

Four days after she was brought to a hospital in Jaipur in critical condition, Baby Damini is showing signs of recovery. Doctors say the malnourished infant has put on 200 gms -she weighed a paltry 1.4 kilos when she was admitted and diagnosed with septicemia and other infections.

One-month old Damini is still in critical condition in hospital. But the baby, who till two days ago was strapped by her father to his chest as he pulled a rickshaw in Rajasthan, now has a whole country looking after her.

One-month old Damini is still in critical condition in hospital. But Baby Damini, who till two days ago was strapped by her father to his chest as he pulled a rickshaw in Rajasthan, now has a whole country looking after her.

For the month-old infant Damini, whose father, rickshaw puller Babloo, was forced to earn his daily wage even as he kept her strapped to his chest, it is a struggle between life and death. At just 1.4 kilos, she is severely malnourished and is also suffering from a blood infection. Doctors say she will probably need transfusion.

Twitter users were moved by the strong resolve shown by the rickshaw puller.

At a government hospital in Uttar Pradesh, people are at the mercy of untrained sweepers and rickshaw pullers - a shocking state of affairs exposed after a baby died on Tuesday, moments after being given an injection by a rickshaw puller.

India's first introduction to Baby Damini was the back of her head, snuggled in tight to her father's chest as he ferried people in his cycle-rickshaw in Bharatpur in Rajasthan. That sight grabbed India's heart, leading to a deluge of offers for help.

Two-month-old Damini weighs just two kilos now, not ideal for a baby her height. But she is far healthier now than when she grabbed India's heart, slung to her father's chest as he ferried people in his cycle-rickshaw in Bharatpur in Rajasthan.

Four days after she was brought to a hospital in Jaipur in critical condition, Baby Damini is showing signs of recovery. Doctors say the malnourished infant has put on 200 gms -she weighed a paltry 1.4 kilos when she was admitted and diagnosed with septicemia and other infections.

One-month old Damini is still in critical condition in hospital. But the baby, who till two days ago was strapped by her father to his chest as he pulled a rickshaw in Rajasthan, now has a whole country looking after her.

One-month old Damini is still in critical condition in hospital. But Baby Damini, who till two days ago was strapped by her father to his chest as he pulled a rickshaw in Rajasthan, now has a whole country looking after her.

For the month-old infant Damini, whose father, rickshaw puller Babloo, was forced to earn his daily wage even as he kept her strapped to his chest, it is a struggle between life and death. At just 1.4 kilos, she is severely malnourished and is also suffering from a blood infection. Doctors say she will probably need transfusion.