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Last month, a patient at another government hospital in Patna said that a rat bit his toe while he was asleep.

It referenced a recent report that found that only half of all ventilators in government hospitals were functional and that capital Patna had just one government doctor for 11,541 people.

So when Vaibhav turned eight, his father decided to take him to Patna city, a three-hour journey away.

Bottles of country liquor being destroyed on March 31, 2016 on the outskirts of Patna, India.

Sarita Devi migrated to Delhi from Patna city years ago for work.