Parents of Indian boy with rare ailment pray for his death

The parents of a 12-year-old Indian boy,
Mahendra Ahirwar, are praying for his death
instead of the life of misery he is living.
According to the sad parents, Ahirwar is
suffering from a rare condition » that sees
his head hanging at a 180-degree angle from
his body.
The parents, Mukesh and Sumitra, claim
Mahendra has seen 50 doctors but none have
given a diagnosis to his strange condition.

The desperate parents therefore wish he
would die rather he died than continue to
suffer.
Mahendra Ahirwar, from Madhya Pradesh in
central India, has a weak backbone which
means he can't stand or walk and is
restricted to a sitting position and can just
crawl but needs help to eat and go to the
toilet.
His 35-year-old mother, Sumitra says:
"I cannot see him suffer anymore. Watching his
life is devastating. He cannot do anything by
himself. He just sits in a corner of the room all
day. It's no life.
I have to carry him like a baby everywhere but
he is 12 years old, how will I carry him when he
grows even older? If doctors cannot treat my
son, it is better that God takes him."
But in a shocking twist, members of the
community have blamed Mahendra's
condition on his father's past sins and
believe he is to blame for his son's
disability » , despite having three other
healthy children.

His father, Mukesh says:
"Our other children had all been born normally
with no problems, so we never thought to consult
a doctor or have an ultrasound done with
Mahendra, and he was born at home just like his
siblings.
At first we thought he was just a little weak and
he'd be fine in time, but by his third birthday he
wasn't able to keep his head upright at all.
People say bad things about him, and they often
laugh at him. It really hurts us.
We cannot tolerate people's attitudes and
discrimination. They say I must have committed
some terrible sins and this is why he is
suffering, it’s awful."