'My boy fell down and broke a tooth', said the gentleman.  'He is bleeding from the mouth.  Can you see what you can do?'

The child was bleeding from his gums where the tooth had broken loose.  I was sure a couple of stitches would cure it.  It was done with some air of satisfaction.  The bleeding stopped.
A couple of days it started to bleed again.  I felt bad, and felt that it deserves the attention of a surgeon.  So off we went to the Provincial General Hospital and saw Mr. Anjarwalla, the P...
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Once I saw a child in my practice in Kenya.  Father told me that the child was lethargic, off his food etc.  The child was malnourished, had a large abdomen, and some fever.  He was given a drink of Piperazine, an antiworm medicine.  Next day, the proud father saw me, and told me the good news.  The child had passed 236 roundworms, he had counted them personally!
In our world, we do not even know the suffering of the children in poor countries.

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