Outside AIIMS Delhi (All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi) — India’s top government hospital — a child’s heartbreaking question, “Will treatment happen only after we die?” exposes the brutal truth of India’s public healthcare crisis. With 10,000 OPD patients daily, overcrowded wards, long waiting lines, and families sleeping on cold pavements in 0–5°C winter, even the best hospital is collapsing under pressure. | Deepak Dhaka