• Hooked to an oxygen cylinder, this 20 days old baby braved a 19 hour train journey from Madhubani, Bihar to Delhi. Apoorv was born with a rare congenital defect wherein his oesophagus (food pipe) and trachea (wind pipe) were connected. Due to this, Apoorv would nearly choke every time he was fed.
• With doctors in Patna unable to diagnose the problem, Apoorv’s parents decided to get their first born treated in Delhi. ” As he was refusing feeds, his condition deteriorated. Doctors in Patna couldn’t diagnose the problem. By the time we decided to bring him to Delhi, his condition had deteriorated. He was put on oxygen support and intravenous glucose,” Maithili, Apoorv’s mother, 0said.