Why India for that sick child?

The case with this sick child is a little baffling to me, however.

I mean, why India? Can’t the procedure be performed some place that is not going to cost so much in airfare alone? How about Cuba? I understand it has world-class medical practitioners right there, just a stone’s throw away.

What’s so special about India? You telling me the procedure that child needs to save her life can only be performed in India? That’s the one valid reason I could think of for the parents to be looking to India but I find that extremely difficult to believe.

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