El calvario de Roona Begum

TOPSHOTS Fatima Khatun 25, kisses the head of her eighteen month old daughter, Roona Begum, suffering from Hydrocephalus, in which cerebrospinal fluid builds up in the brain, at their hut in Jirania village on the outskirts of Agartala, the capital of northeastern state of Tripura on April 13, 2013. Her father, Abdul Rahman, 18, who lives in a mud hut with his family, told AFP he prays for "a miracle" that will save his only child. Doctors told him to go to a specialist hospital in a big city such as Kolkata in eastern India to get medical help but Rahman, who earns 150 rupees ($2.75) a day working in the brick plant, said he does not have the money to take her. AFP PHOTO/ STR

Indian daily labourer, Abdul Rahman (top), 18, fans his eighteen month old daughter, Roona Begum, suffering from Hydrocephalus, a buildup of fluid inside the skull that leads to brain swelling, as her mother Fatima Khatun (L) 25, holds her hand at their hut in Jirania village on the outskirts of Agartala, the capital of northeastern state of Tripura on April 13, 2013. Rahman works in a brick factory earning 150 rupees (2.75 USD) a day and does not have the capability to treat his daughter. India's rural development minister said in November 2012, that the country's public health system had "collapsed" in a blunt assessment of his government's failure to extend a social safety net for the poor. AFP PHOTO/ STR

TOPSHOTS Indian daily labourer, Abdul Rahman, 26, holds his 18 month old daughter, Roona Begum, suffering from Hydrocephalus,a buildup of fluid inside the skull that leads to brain swelling, in front of their home in Jirania village on the outskirts of Agartala, the capital of northeastern state of Tripura on April 12, 2013. Rahman works in a brick factory earning 150 rupees (2.75 USD) a day and does not have the capability to treat his daughter. India's rural development minister said in November 2012, that the country's public health system had "collapsed" in a blunt assessment of his government's failure to extend a social safety net for the poor. AFP PHOTO/ STR

Fatima Khatun, 25, sits next to her eighteen month old daughter, Roona Begum, suffering from Hydrocephalus, in which cerebrospinal fluid builds up in the brain, at their hut in Jirania village on the outskirts of Agartala, the capital of northeastern state of Tripura on April 13, 2013. Her father, Abdul Rahman, 18, who lives in a mud hut with his family, told AFP he prays for "a miracle" that will save his only child. Doctors told him to go to a specialist hospital in a big city such as Kolkata in eastern India to get medical help but Rahman, who earns 150 rupees ($2.75) a day working in the brick plant, said he does not have the money to take her. AFP PHOTO/ STR

Indian mother Fatema Khatun , 25, fans her 18 month old daughter, Roona Begum, suffering from Hydrocephalus, a buildup of fluid inside the skull that leads to brain swelling, inside their home in Jirania village on the outskirts of Agartala, the capital of northeastern state of Tripura on April 12, 2013. Khatun's husband Abdul Rahman works in a brick factory earning 150 rupees (2.75 USD) a day and does not have the capability to treat their daughter. India's rural development minister said in November 2012, that the country's public health system had "collapsed" in a blunt assessment of his government's failure to extend a social safety net for the poor. AFP PHOTO/ STR

Fatima Khatun (L), 25, sifts through rice next to her eighteen month old daughter, Roona Begum, suffering from Hydrocephalus, in which cerebrospinal fluid builds up in the brain, at their hut in Jirania village on the outskirts of Agartala, the capital of northeastern state of Tripura on April 13, 2013. Her father, Abdul Rahman, 18, who lives in a mud hut with his family, told AFP he prays for "a miracle" that will save his only child. Doctors told him to go to a specialist hospital in a big city such as Kolkata in eastern India to get medical help but Rahman, who earns 150 rupees ($2.75) a day working in the brick plant, said he does not have the money to take her. AFP PHOTO/ STR