https://www.pitara.com/tags/medical-miracle/Recent content in Medical Miracle on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/news-for-kids/world-news/little-alis-heart/Mon, 27 Aug 2001 23:36:16 +0000https://www.pitara.com/news-for-kids/world-news/little-alis-heart/<p>August 12: One-year old Ali Haider was very sick. His tiny heart had a gaping hole in it. He also had an enlarged liver; lungs clogged with fluid, and he was terribly underweight. His parents searched high and low for someone who could cure their child, but in vain.</p> <figure class="w-64 sm:float-right sm:ml-4"> <a href="https://www.pitara.com/media/news-world-77_1.jpg" aria-label="Link to larger image"> <img src="https://www.pitara.com/media/news-world-77_1_hu_c79396828622d1df.jpg" width="320" height="380" alt="Little Ali&#39;s Heart [Illustration by Sudheer Nath]" loading="lazy"> </a> <figcaption> Little Ali&rsquo;s Heart [Illustration by Sudheer Nath] </figcaption> </figure> <p>The doctors in Pakistan, their own country, did not have the skills to cure Ali. Doctors in the US did not want to risk operating on such a tiny child, either. Ali&rsquo;s parents did not know what to do. They were distraught.</p>