Yet another baby’s life came to a halt after she lost a long battle against a congenital defect, for which the treatment costs were way out of the family’s reach. One-year-old Madiha, about whom MiD DAY did a series of stories, succumbed to osteopetrosis in Byculla’s Masina Hospital in the early hours of Friday.

Laid to rest too soon: Madiha developed an infection in the soft tissues around her hip bones in the last few weeks, and despite treatment, she couldn’t be saved