Letting Ali die
Ali* was on bed 16. He was 10 months old and critically sick. Till the day before, per his mother, Ali had been quite normal. He had been taken to a neighbor’s house by the neighbor’s daughter. This was not the first time the neighbor’s child had carried Ali to her house, to play with him. However, what was different this time around was that the child brought Ali back soon after taking him, presumably because he was fussy. That occurrence in itself could have been a potent reminder for the parents to suspect something. The parents, unfortunately, let hours pass assuming that Ali was just colicky. When Ali went from being fussy to lethargic his parents panicked and rushed him to a nearby clinic. That facility was far from optimal to take care of the baby, given his critical condition, hence the parents decided to bring Ali to the emergency room (ER). Ali was in a terrible condition hence he was rushed directly to ‘resus’ (resuscitation or shock room). He was gasping, periodically