save 12 year old

have great shots of the basti..the narrow lanes..and their one room "home" ..the crowded area ..harish's pics when he was 6..bday..etc ..the medical reports etc and harish lying down in his mothers lap..

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In these bylanes of Pillanji village in south delhi.....a 12 year old child struggles for life... Confined to his bed for nearly a year...Harish's cries of pain can be heard far away from the madding crowd ...

He has a rare medical condition.. aplastic anaemia.. His body cant produce blood cells .. so his haemoglobin is nearly negligible..

Harish is weak ... pale and cannot breathe properly .. oxygen runs low in his body... His platelet count is zero...so his blood cannot clot...

Life has lost its colour ......and the world has slowly faded to black ....Harish cannot see

Lalita Bisht, HARISH'S MOTHER : about the symptoms ..how he has fever..starts bleeding ...unbearable pain in his ears ..

For the past 9 months ...harish has been admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences..once a week..for blood transfusions

Anil..his father works sells second hand clothes and his mother..Lalita works as domestic help ..

From their land in Uttaranchal to their savings ...harish's parents have exhausted all their funds..Today .. neck deep in debt...they cannot afford even that drop of blood that will infuse life into their child

Anil Kumar Bisht ,HARISH'S FATHER: about how there is no option..dont have money...what will life be without their child..

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The only "cure" for aplastic anaemia is a bone marrow transplant ....which costs 10 lakh rupees...The patient also needs a sibling for a suitable match...Harish's sister Poonam is just 4 years old

The Other option is a treatment that suppresses the immune system allowing the bone marrow to recover. ..but the success rate is just 50 percent and the cost ..2 lakhs...

Desperate ....Anil has written to the health ministry for help..but he is still waiting for a reply

PTC : Time is running out for 12 year old Harish here...He has already lost his sight to aplastic anaemia and with no help at hand the situtaion is bound to get worse ..Unable to afford his treatment ..his parents say that they can only hope and pray to see their son back on his feet again..but more than any prayer its money that could save his life.

In new Delhi... Priyanka Pruthi for NDTV