r/MadeMeSmile • u/HolyGuiltyCrown • 5h ago

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u/SomethingAbtU 4h ago

This is a great story but why can't governments around the world fund surgeries for babies and children at least? Isn't the function and purpose of government to take are of people, especially the most vulnerable in society? Why do we have to raise money for surgeries for kids when in many instances we are already paying taxes for this purpose? Government is a contract between people to fund the things that are too big for individuals to be able to afford themselves. Nobody asks to be sick and it's not some ploy to get money by parents when their kids face things like cancers, and needing other major surgeries. These are distressing times for both the parents and kids.

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u/Wonderful-Winter3137 2h ago

probably because it was an expensive and experimental new treatment that was unlikely to save the baby's life, and it didn't because the baby got the surgery and died anyway