A Mumbai family suffered the heartbreaking loss of their one-and-half-year-old child after he was turned away by seven hospitals that either had no beds or refused to admit the child unless the parents paid a hefty deposit first.

This is a familiar story of patients being turned away because they cannot cough up cash at admission time. There have been so many instances of precious time ticking by, the ‘golden hour’ for medical treatment slipping away, all because of this inhumane focus on money.